PBS is celebrating LGTBQ+ Pride Month with the launch of PRIDELAND, a new one-hour special and short-form digital series following host and actor Dyllón Burnside (from FX’s “Pose”) on a journey across the South. The six-episode short-form series launched on PBS Voices, a new documentary-focused YouTube Channel by PBS Digital Studios, on Tuesday, May 26. A one-hour companion special, also hosted by Dyllón Burnside will also premiere on Friday, June 12 at 9:00 p.m. ET (check local listings) on PBS, PBS.org and the PBS Video App.
The third episode of the PRIDELAND
digital series, entitled, “Polyamory, Demisexuality, and Being Transgender in the South,”
premieres Tuesday, June 9 on
PBS Voices. Host Dyllón Burnside
sits down with a group of diverse LGBTQ+ members –
Kiala Emmons (Tampa, FL), Dr.
Celiany Rivera-Veláquez (San Juan, PR), and Cole
Foust (St. Petersburg, FL) – to learn how to embrace sex positivity
and maneuver the modern dating scene. They talk candidly about
asexuality, polyamorous relationships and how to manage diverging
expectations in the queer community.
PRIDELAND highlights authentic personal stories brought to life through
Dyllón Burnside’s curious,
exploratory lens. As an LGBTQ+ advocate, he guides viewers into the
South’s various LGBTQ+ communities, connecting with people of different
backgrounds, locations, experiences and points of
view. For more information, check out the
official PBS announcement.
The first two digital episodes are available to view on
PBS Voices:
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Episode 1: “Out, Proud & Southern: Dyllón Burnside’s Story”
In addition to
PRIDELAND, PBS will also offer encore presentations and
streaming of a vast array of LGBTQ+ focused programing throughout the
month of June on PBS, PBS.org, PBS
Video App and PBS Passport. Programs
include AMERICAN EXPERIENCE “Stonewall Uprising,” AMERICAN MASTERS “Terrance McNally” and THE LAVENDER SCARE. To view
PBS’s upcoming LGBTQ+ Pride Month programming guide, please
click here.
