Education
University of Texas at Austin.
University of Texas at Austin.
McLaughlin is a graduate of Radio-Television-Film at the University of Texas. He gained notoriety in his early twenties with the publication of his novels, Glamourpuss and Sex Toys of the Gods. Together, they created and produced Music Television"s Emmy nominated soap opera Spyder Games (originally called Spyder Web) after being approached by Drew Tappon at Music Television Series Development.
They are currently working with Maverick Television to create the first all-LGBT serial, San Rafael, for Music Television"s new gay channel, Logo.
According to Logo, San Rafael is about "the unexpected schemes and twists in the intertwined lives of a group of LGBT friends and foes living in the same apartment complex." (The Advocate) David Holman, then a production executive at Columbia Pictures Television, helped McLaughlin land an internship job at in 1989. His supervisor was Michael Minnis, then a script coordinator and writers" assistant.
His internship included script synopsis of Y&R episodes and extras casting. McLaughlin is openly gay.