Stephen Fry: Out There
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Stephen Fry: Out There is a two-part 2013 television documentary in which Stephen Fry explores attitudes to homosexuality and the lives of gay people in different parts of the globe.{{cite web|title=BBC Two announces return to Modern Times alongside raft of new documentaries|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2013/bbc2-docs-2013.html#section-2|publisher=BBC|accessdate=8 August 2013}}
Episode 1
Stephen Fry meets Elton John and David Furnish, the couple who inspired Stephen to be open about his sexuality as well as many others.
Stephen travels to Uganda, where the government was considering, and in January 2014 implemented, a new law that would make homosexuality a capital crime—putting gay people to death for their sexuality.
Stephen also travels to the US to explore gay 'reparative therapy,' (which is now more commonly known as conversion therapy) and talks to openly gay actors Neil Patrick Harris and David Ross, and gay reparative therapist Joseph Nicolosi.{{cite web|url=http://www.newstatesman.com/2013/10/queer-theories|title=Stephen Fry's documentary about gay life across the globe is unexpectedly absorbing|last=Cooke|first=Rachel|date=24 October 2013|work=New Statesman|accessdate=3 April 2014}}{{Cite web|url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01fttrl|title = BBC Two - Stephen Fry: Out There|date = |accessdate = 22 March 2015|website = |publisher = BBC|last = |first = }} Nicolosi states that 60% of his clients are teenagers,{{Cite news|last=Sandomir|first=Richard|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/16/us/joseph-nicolosi-dead-gay-conversion-therapist.html|title=Joseph Nicolosi, Advocate of Conversion Therapy for Gays, Dies at 70|date=2017-03-16|work=The New York Times|access-date=2020-04-16|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}} and says "parents call up in a panic because they found out their son is looking at gay porn, and, of course we have to get him into therapy". After the segment, Fry states that "for all his talk of success, Nicolosi is unable to find one of his ex-gays to talk to us".{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/embed/WnBBqYFGKB8|title="Stephen Fry meets an ex-gay therapist" from Stephen Fry: Out There|last=Fry|first=Stephen|date=2013|website=YouTube|archive-url=|archive-date=|accessdate=2020-04-16}}
- Quote Joseph Nicolosi: "I would say about maybe, sixty percent of our clients now are teenagers. Parents call up in a panic because they found out their son is looking at gay porn, and, of course we have to get him into therapy" (timestamp 04:40 minutes)
- Quote Stephen Fry: "for all his talk of success, Nicolosi is unable to find one of his ex-gays to talk to us" (timestamp 06:39 minutes)
Fry then speaks with Daniel Gonzales, a man who did not have success with reparative therapy. Gonzales denounces reparative therapy, and is described as an ex-ex-gay.
Episode 2
Stephen visits Brazil where one gay person is murdered every 36 hours, and interviews then Federal Deputy for Rio de Janeiro. Brazilian anti-homosexuality politician, and future president of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro.
Fry also visits Russia and speaks with politician and legislature Vitaly Milonov.
References
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External links
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- {{IMDb title|id=3270936|title=Stephen Fry: Out There}}
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Category:BBC high definition shows
Category:BBC television documentaries
Category:Documentary films about gay men
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