The 15th annual New Yorker Festival, held October 10th– 12th, will feature a panel about the portrayal of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people on television.
"LGBTQ TV" will be moderated by the magazine's Emily Nussbaum, and include panelists Brad Falchuk, executive producer of the Fox comedy series Glee; Jenji Kohan, creator and executive producer of the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black; Michael Lannan, creator and co-executive producer of the HBO series Looking; Peter Paige, co-creator and executive producer of the ABC Family drama series The Fosters; and Jill Soloway, creator of the new Amazon series Transparent.
Every year, the New Yorker Festival brings together a group of writers, thinkers, artists and other luminaries from a wide range of fields including film, music, television, politics, food, sports, literature, and technology. The "LGBTQ TV" panel will be held at 1pm on Saturday, October 11th, at SIR Theater37 in Manhattan. Tickets are now available for the festival at www.newyorker.com/festival.