’81 Words’ Limited Series From ‘Pose’ Co-Creator Steven Canals In Works At FX
Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorFX has put in development 81 Words, a limited series about gay rights pioneers Frank Kameny and Barbara Gittings, from Pose co-creator Steven Canals, Pal Pictures and 20th Century Fox TV.Written by Canals, 81 Words is based on Alix Spiegel’s award-winning This American Life episode, “81 Words,” and soon-to-be-released PBS Independent Lens documentary, Cured. Spiegel and Cured directors Bennett Singer and Patrick Sammon will serve as producers on the project.Until 1974, the medical establishment considered gay people sexually deviant and diagnosed them as mentally ill.