S01E01 Part I
A young peace activist escapes his repressive life in Phoenix and heads to San Francisco, hoping to find refuge and community, but finds that the struggle for survival is just as difficult as it was...
When We Rise
S01E03: Part III
AIDS continues to ravage the gay community. Cleve creates the AIDS quilt in order to get the President's attention, while Diane's daughter Annie struggles with her identity as the child of a lesbian couple and a gay man.
Overview
The personal and political struggles, setbacks and triumphs of a diverse family of LGBT men and women who helped pioneer one of the last legs of the U.S. Civil Rights movement from its turbulent infancy in the 20th century to the once unfathomable successes of today. The period piece tells the history of the gay rights movement, starting with the Stonewall Riots in 1969.
Episodes
S01E02 Part II
Ken, Cleve, and Roma fight an initiative that would ban gays from working in California public schools, while Cleve works on the campaign to elect Harvey Milk as San Francisco City Supervisor. But soon a...
S01E03 Part III
AIDS continues to ravage the gay community. Cleve creates the AIDS quilt in order to get the President's attention, while Diane's daughter Annie struggles with her identity as the child of a lesbian couple and...
S01E04 Part IV
An energized Cleve inspires a group of young activists to organize a march on Washington to demand full LGBTQ civil rights, while Roma uses her skills to reform healthcare in San Francisco. Elsewhere, a group...
Cast
Austin P. McKenzie
Young Cleve Jones
Emily Skeggs
Young Roma Guy
Jonathan Majors
Young Ken Jones
Fiona Dourif
Young Diane Jones
Rachel Griffiths
Diane Jones
Mary-Louise Parker
Roma Guy
Guy Pearce
Cleve Jones
Michael Kenneth Williams
Ken Jones
Ivory Aquino
Cecilia Chung
Debra Winger
Elena Kagan
David Hyde Pierce
Dr. Jones
Whoopi Goldberg
Pat Norman
