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Created by Dustin Lance Black, the seven-part miniseries primarily follows activists Cleve Jones (played by Austin [=McKenzie=] [[TimeShiftedActor and]] Creator/GuyPearce), Roma Pauline Guy (Emily Skeggs [[TimeShiftedActor and]] Creator/MaryLouiseParker), and Ken Jones (Creator/JonathanMajors [[TimeShiftedActor and]] Creator/MichaelKWilliams) through the American LGBT rights movement, beginning with the Stonewall riots in 1969 and going to the modern day.

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Created by Dustin Lance Black, the seven-part miniseries primarily follows the activists Cleve Jones (played by Austin [=McKenzie=] [[TimeShiftedActor and]] Creator/GuyPearce), Roma Pauline Guy (Emily Skeggs [[TimeShiftedActor and]] Creator/MaryLouiseParker), and Ken Jones (Creator/JonathanMajors [[TimeShiftedActor and]] Creator/MichaelKWilliams) through the American LGBT rights movement, beginning with the Stonewall riots in 1969 and going to on into the modern day.
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Created by Dustin Lance Black, the seven-part miniseries primarily follows activists Cleve Jones (played by Austin [=McKenzie=] [[TimeShiftedActor and]] Creator/GuyPearce), Roma Pauline Guy (Emily Skeggs [[TimeShiftedActor and]] Creator/MaryLouiseParker), and Ken Jones (Jonathan Majors [[TimeShiftedActor and]] Michael K. Williams) through the American LGBT rights movement, beginning with the Stonewall riots in 1969 and going to the modern day.

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Created by Dustin Lance Black, the seven-part miniseries primarily follows activists Cleve Jones (played by Austin [=McKenzie=] [[TimeShiftedActor and]] Creator/GuyPearce), Roma Pauline Guy (Emily Skeggs [[TimeShiftedActor and]] Creator/MaryLouiseParker), and Ken Jones (Jonathan Majors (Creator/JonathanMajors [[TimeShiftedActor and]] Michael K. Williams) Creator/MichaelKWilliams) through the American LGBT rights movement, beginning with the Stonewall riots in 1969 and going to the modern day.

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* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Often between lesbians and gay men, and [=LGBT=]s of color and white
[=LGBT=]s. Neither side entirely trusts the other, making it hard to make alliances.

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* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Often between lesbians and gay men, and [=LGBT=]s of color and white
white [=LGBT=]s. Neither side entirely trusts the other, making it hard to make alliances.

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* TeethClenchedTeamwork: often between lesbians and gay men, and LGBTs of color and white LGBTs. Neither side entirely trusts the other, making it hard to make alliances.

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* TeethClenchedTeamwork: often Often between lesbians and gay men, and LGBTs [=LGBT=]s of color and white LGBTs.white
[=LGBT=]s.
Neither side entirely trusts the other, making it hard to make alliances.
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''When We Rise'' is a 2017 Main/DocuDrama miniseries airing on Creator/ABC.

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''When We Rise'' is a 2017 Main/DocuDrama miniseries airing which aired on Creator/ABC.
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* AuthorAvatar: Douglas Smith plays the young man interviewing Cleve in 2006. He is based on Dustin Lance Black, who interviewed Cleve Jones while working on {{Movie/Milk}}.

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* AuthorAvatar: Douglas Smith plays the young man interviewing Cleve in 2006. He is based on Dustin Lance Black, who interviewed Cleve Jones while working on {{Movie/Milk}}.{{Film/Milk}}.
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* {{Polyamory}}: Roma is invited into a polyamorous relationship, to her surprise and discomfort... considering that the offer is coming in part from her girlfriend who she'd assumed was monogamous. Later she finds herself attempting to negotiate another polyamorous relationship with the same girlfriend as before and Roma's old girlfriend from the Peace Corps.

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* {{Polyamory}}: Roma is invited into a polyamorous relationship, to her surprise and discomfort... considering that the offer is coming in part from her girlfriend who she'd assumed was monogamous. Later she finds herself attempting to negotiate another polyamorous relationship with the same girlfriend as before and Roma's old girlfriend from the Peace Corps. [[spoiler: It doesn't work out.]]
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* {{Polyamory}}: Roma is invited into a polyamorous relationship, to her surprise and discomfort... considering that the offer is coming in part from her girlfriend who she'd assumed was monogamous.

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* {{Polyamory}}: Roma is invited into a polyamorous relationship, to her surprise and discomfort... considering that the offer is coming in part from her girlfriend who she'd assumed was monogamous. Later she finds herself attempting to negotiate another polyamorous relationship with the same girlfriend as before and Roma's old girlfriend from the Peace Corps.
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* TeethClenchedTeamwork: often between lesbians and gay men, and LGBTs of color and white LGBTs. Neither side entirely trusts the other, making it hard to make alliances.
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* AuthorAvatar: Douglas Smith plays the young man interviewing Cleve in 2006. He is based on Dustin Lance Black, who interviewed Cleve Jones while working on ''Movie/Milk''.

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* AuthorAvatar: Douglas Smith plays the young man interviewing Cleve in 2006. He is based on Dustin Lance Black, who interviewed Cleve Jones while working on ''Movie/Milk''.{{Movie/Milk}}.
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* AuthorAvatar: The young man interviewing Cleve in 2006 is based on Dustin Lance Black, who interviewed Cleve Jones while working on ''Movie/Milk''.

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* AuthorAvatar: The Douglas Smith plays the young man interviewing Cleve in 2006 2006. He is based on Dustin Lance Black, who interviewed Cleve Jones while working on ''Movie/Milk''.
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* AuthorAvatar: The young man interviewing Cleve in 2006 is based on Dustin Lance Black, who interviewed Cleve Jones while working on ''Movie/Milk''.
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* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: Though Charles Socarides indeed championed the idea homosexuality is a mental illness [[CureYourGays that can be cured]], he never threatened to kill himself when his son came out. Richard said that, although angry at first, he wrote to him that if he was happy being gay, then embrace it.
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* TransEqualsGay: {{Subverted}}. One homeless youth notes that she is a woman, not a gay man, having clearly dealt with this issue.

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* TransEqualsGay: {{Subverted}}.{{Discussed}}. One homeless youth notes that she is a woman, not a gay man, having clearly dealt with this issue.
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* {{Polyamory}}: Roma is invited into a polyamorous relationship, to her surprise and discomfort... considering that the offer is coming in part from her girlfriend who she'd assumed was monogamous.

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* {{Polyamory}}: Roma is invited into a polyamorous relationship, to her surprise and discomfort... considering that the offer is coming in part from her girlfriend who she'd assumed was monogamous.monogamous.
* TransEqualsGay: {{Subverted}}. One homeless youth notes that she is a woman, not a gay man, having clearly dealt with this issue.

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* CastFullOfGay: Justified; the show follows the LGBT rights movement.

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* AllGaysArePedophiles: The implication of this is used by California Assemblyman John Briggs to support Proposition 6, a ballot measure to remove all gay or lesbian school employees (plus their supporters). Sally Gearhart fires back in a TV debate with him that most known pedophiles are straight men, according to FBI data. The initiative fails.
* CastFullOfGay: Justified; [[JustifiedTrope Justified]]; the show follows the LGBT rights movement.



* {{Polyamory}}: Roma is invited into a polyamorous relationship, to her surprise and discomfort...considering that the offer is coming in part from her girlfriend who she'd assumed was monogamous.

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* PoliceBrutality: Many feminist and gay rights protesters are beaten up by police without reason. This is especially angering to them since the police fail to protect many women and gays against violent crimes.
* {{Polyamory}}: Roma is invited into a polyamorous relationship, to her surprise and discomfort... considering that the offer is coming in part from her girlfriend who she'd assumed was monogamous.
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Created by Dustin Lance Black, the seven-part miniseries primarily follows activists Cleve Jones (played by Austin McKenzie [[TimeShiftedActor and]] Creator/GuyPearce), Roma Pauline Guy (Emily Skeggs [[TimeShiftedActor and]] Creator/MaryLouiseParker), and Ken Jones (Jonathan Majors [[TimeShiftedActor and]] Michael K. Williams) through the American LGBT rights movement, beginning with the Stonewall riots in 1969 and going to the modern day.

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Created by Dustin Lance Black, the seven-part miniseries primarily follows activists Cleve Jones (played by Austin McKenzie [=McKenzie=] [[TimeShiftedActor and]] Creator/GuyPearce), Roma Pauline Guy (Emily Skeggs [[TimeShiftedActor and]] Creator/MaryLouiseParker), and Ken Jones (Jonathan Majors [[TimeShiftedActor and]] Michael K. Williams) through the American LGBT rights movement, beginning with the Stonewall riots in 1969 and going to the modern day.
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* FramingDevice: The first two parts are framed as Cleve in 2006 reflecting on how he got into the LGBT movement.

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Created by Dustin Lance Black, the four-part miniseries primarily follows activists Cleve Jones (played by Austin McKenzie [[TimeShiftedActor and]] Creator/GuyPearce), Roma Pauline Guy (Emily Skeggs [[TimeShiftedActor and]] Creator/MaryLouiseParker), and Ken Jones (Jonathan Majors [[TimeShiftedActor and]] Michael K. Williams) through the American LGBT rights movement, beginning with the Stonewall riots in 1969 and going to the modern day.

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Created by Dustin Lance Black, the four-part seven-part miniseries primarily follows activists Cleve Jones (played by Austin McKenzie [[TimeShiftedActor and]] Creator/GuyPearce), Roma Pauline Guy (Emily Skeggs [[TimeShiftedActor and]] Creator/MaryLouiseParker), and Ken Jones (Jonathan Majors [[TimeShiftedActor and]] Michael K. Williams) through the American LGBT rights movement, beginning with the Stonewall riots in 1969 and going to the modern day.



* DeathOfAChild: [[spoiler:Daniel, the child Ken and Richard visited in the hospital, dies from AIDS.]]



* {{Polyamory}}: Roma is invited into a polyamorous relationship, to her surprise and discomfort.

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* NoTrueScotsman: Ken is dismissed from a community meeting by being told "there's no gay in a true black man."
* {{Polyamory}}: Roma is invited into a polyamorous relationship, to her surprise and discomfort.discomfort...considering that the offer is coming in part from her girlfriend who she'd assumed was monogamous.
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''When We Rise'' is a 2017 Main/DocuDrama miniseries airing on Creator/ABC.

Created by Dustin Lance Black, the four-part miniseries primarily follows activists Cleve Jones (played by Austin McKenzie [[TimeShiftedActor and]] Creator/GuyPearce), Roma Pauline Guy (Emily Skeggs [[TimeShiftedActor and]] Creator/MaryLouiseParker), and Ken Jones (Jonathan Majors [[TimeShiftedActor and]] Michael K. Williams) through the American LGBT rights movement, beginning with the Stonewall riots in 1969 and going to the modern day.

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* CastFullOfGay: Justified; the show follows the LGBT rights movement.
* TheFaceless: Harvey Milk is never seen fully, despite appearing on-camera, except in archive footage.
* {{Polyamory}}: Roma is invited into a polyamorous relationship, to her surprise and discomfort.

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