1977. Geraldo Rivera on his Good Night America program brings us ‘The Search for Sexual Identity’, this introductory segment leading into an interview with David Kopay.
“In public at least, boys were boys girls were girls and that was the end of it…”
At a time when America has an estimated 25 million homosexuals we learn that this search is a lot more complicated than boy colors and girl colors. Geraldo provides background into the state of affairs and reads a quote from the ‘Gay American History Book’.
A few minutes in, David Kopay appears on set and talks about what it was like to go public with his sexuality, and why he did so.
David Kopay was one of the first professional athletes to come out as gay in 1975, while playing in the NFL.
This day, Geraldo’s television history.