The Rejected

The Rejected
Dr. Karl Bowman explains the Kinsey scale in The Rejected. Bowman, a psychiatrist, disputed the notion that homosexuality was an illness and supported legal reforms.
Directed byRichard Christian
Narrated byJames Day
Country of originUnited States
Production
ProducerJohn W. Reavis
Running time60 min.
Production companyKQED
Original release
NetworkKQED
ReleaseSeptember 11, 1961 (1961-09-11)

The Rejected is a made-for-television documentary film about homosexuality, produced for KQED in San Francisco by John W. Reavis. Notable as the first documentary program on homosexuality broadcast on American television, KQED first aired the film on September 11, 1961. Later syndicated to National Educational Television (NET) stations across the United States, it received positive critical reviews.