“I made a little dent in history,” Smith, now living in San Francisco, recalls in the documentary. His candidacy was premised on being out and proud, at a time when rightwing politicians were using fears over gay rights as a political wedge issue. “Our thing was visibility,” Smith says in The Beauty President. “We were still being beaten up, we were dying of AIDS, we were being denied jobs and housing. Executive producers include Waithe and Rajani for Hillman Grad Productions, Proudfoot, Abby Lynn Kang Davis, and Dawn O’Keeffe.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 26, 2021 20:27 UTC