NBC News reports:
Hawk, a debonair State Department employee, and Tim, a wide-eyed recent college graduate, fall in love after meeting on the night of Dwight D. Eisenhower’s presidential victory in 1952, just as Sen. Joseph McCarthy and his chief legal counsel, Roy Cohn — determined to root out any communists and queer people working in the U.S. government — incite a kind of moral panic about homosexuality.
Equal parts romantic drama and political thriller, “Fellow Travelers” weaves a rich tapestry of 20th-century queer American history around Hawk and Tim’s enduring relationship, beginning with the heyday of McCarthyism in 1950s Washington, D.C., journeying through the gay liberation movement and assassination of Harvey Milk in the 1970s, and culminating at the apex of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in 1980s San Francisco.
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The Showtime limited series ‘Fellow Travelers,’ starring Matt Bomer and Jonathan Bailey, chronicles the romance between two men against the backdrop of key moments in queer history. https://t.co/J70DtgSZKV
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