The Out 100 (2008)

Every year Out Magazine names the Out 100, its roster of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people who shaped culture over the previous twelve months. For the fourteenth edition in 2008, the magazine looked to classic cinema for inspiration, styling its honorees in tributes to the glamour of Hollywood's golden age. Directed by Michael Eldridge, this Here TV special goes behind the scenes of that celebration, featuring Aaron Hicklin of Out alongside Cheyenne Jackson, Denis O'Hare, Heather Matarazzo and Taylor Mac. Part portrait gallery and part time capsule, the program captures a moment when queer visibility in entertainment, politics and the arts was accelerating, and it lets the year's most influential figures speak for themselves against a backdrop of old-movie style.