The Facts of Life star, stand-up comic and author talks about being the first actor with cerebral palsy to appear on a network TV show, how she ended up on HBO's Deadwood and why she's totally OK doing frontal nudity, if only someone would ask.
Nelly Furtado comes out, Oprah does not, Angela's Eyes see bisexual stereotypes, Nip/Tuck's lesbian gets a life, and Disney gives Nina Jacobson the boot.
The increase in fake and de-contextualized lesbian kisses on TV obscures the fact that the visibility of lesbian relationships on television isn't actually improving much, especially on network TV.
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