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Article: Young, out, and on the air.(Brief Article)(Review)
- Article from:
- The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
- Article date:
- August 29, 2000
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Gay student Brad lets it all hang out, spending a school year before the cameras on reality show American High
Unlike many gay teenagers, recent high school graduate Brad has nothing to hide--especially since he just spent his senior year with a camera crew recording practically his every move. Brad, 18, is one of a group of Highland Park, Ill., high school students featured on American High, a more-real Real World, which began airing on Fox beginning August 2. The documentary follows their conflicts--both at home and school--yet unlike other reality-based programs, nothing is staged, and some footage is shot by the students, who were given cameras.
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