 Lazin approached Philadelphia PBS affiliate WHYY, which agreed to co-produce the film.Directed by award-winning documentarian Glenn Holsten, "Gay Pioneers" includes on-camera interviews with the movement's seminal leaders and participants, most notably Frank Kameny and Barbara Gittings.It premiered on PBS and has been screened widely at film festivals; by high school and college GSAs; at the CIA in Langley, Virginia; and at annual meetings of national organizations, including the American Historical Association.