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HBO Examines Gays/Lesbians
in the Workplace

Narrated by Retired
Colonel Grethe Cammermeyer

TV Documentary to Debut
January 6, 10:30 p.m. (EST)

Compiled By GayToday

Additional Showtimes: January 11 at 1:40am, January 14th at 8pm, January 20th at 5:40am, January 25th at 12:30 am.

In 40 American states, it is legal to fire an employee for being homosexual. More than three decades after the civil rights movement, gay and lesbian workers are still fighting for their rights - and their lives -in the workplace.

Produced, directed and written by award-winning independent filmmakers Tami Gold and Kelly Anderson, Out at Work is narrated by retired Army Colonel Grethe Cammermeyer.

Grethe Cammermeyer

At age 23, Ms. Cammermeyer headed an intensive care unit at an evacuation hospital in Vietnam, where the helped save the lives of hundreds of American soldiers. After a long and distinguished career, Ms. Cammermeyer was discharged from the service in 1992 for telling the truth about her sexual orientation during a routine security check.

Out at Work reveals the ongoing perils that gays and lesbians face in companies in many states across the U.S., through moving case studies of two gay men and one lesbian worker, the are exposed to job discrimination and finally take action to fight for their rights.

Cheryl Summerville, a cook at a Cracker Barrel restaurant in Bremen, Georgia for more than three years, was fired when a corporate policy was instituted announcing that the "fmaily" restaurant could no longer employ individuals "whose sexual preference failed to demonstrate normal heterosexual values."

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Mark Anderson, a trainee at the Los Angeles branch of Cantor Fitzgerald, a prestigious securities trading firm, was also fired when rumors started spreading through the office that he was gay. He became the brunt of degrading slurs and pranks initiated by both co-workers and surprisingly, the branch's top partners.

Ron Woods, a third generation auto worker in Detroit, was physically attacked by co-workers and management after they learned he was gay. He initiated a lawsuit alleging that Chrysler had failed to provide a safe work environment.

Out at Work is produced, directed and written by Tami Gold and Kelly Anderson. Editors are Lillian Benson, A.C.E. and Kelly Anderson. Grethe Cammermeyer is narrator. Original Music by Don DiNicola. Supervising editor for HBO is Geof Bartz. Supervising producer for HBO is John Hoffman. Executive Producer for HBO is Sheila Nevins.

AndersonGold Films is the production company of Tami Gold and Kelly Anderson, award-winning independent producers who have worked together and separately on a wide range of films and videos exploring social issues.