Rob Frydlewicz: TV Movie About Margarethe Cammermeyer, February 6, 1995

Serving in Silence was a TV movie based on the story of Margarethe Cammermeyer, a colonel in the Washington national guard, who was honorably discharged in 1992 after revealing her sexual orientation. This was the year before "don't ask, don't tell" was instituted. At the timeshe was the highest ranking officer to be discharged for being gay. However, in 1995 a judge ruled her discharge unconstitutional and she was reinstated in the military.

Starring Glenn Close as Cammermeyer and Judy Davis as her partner, the movie gained further cachet by having Barbra Streisand as one of its producers. Close would win an Emmy for Best Lead Actress in a miniseries and Judy Davis for Best Supporting Actress.

What also made this movie noteworthy was the fact that it was the last gay-themed TV movie to air on network TV. After the networks aired about a dozen such movies, all future movies with gay storylines aired on cable networks.

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