“Part of the fight for us as we are out there in these spaces—including reality TV, I feel, or any space—is are we able to be authentic and be [our] whole selves? That’s the fight. When I say that, we ...

In 1992, MTV premiered a documentary series about seven young adults they’d cast to share a loft in New York City and who, as the intro promised, would “have their lives taped to find out what happens ...