Created by three artist-activists—Cuban playwright Ana Simo, theater director and producer Linda Chapman, and independent filmmaker Mary Patierno—Dyke TV was one of the first TV shows made by and for LGBTQ women. In fact my research has identified hundreds of LGBTQ public access series produced across the country. Because public access TV in New York was relatively unregulated, the show’s hosts could openly discuss sexual health and air segments that would otherwise be censored on broadcast networks. Like today’s LGBTQ content creators, many of the producers of LGBTQ public access series experimented with genre, form, and content in entertaining and imaginative ways. The long-running program Gay USA is one of the few remaining LGBTQ public access series; new episodes air locally in New York and nationally via Free Speech TV each week.