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1w19hrk">{font-fay:Charter,Geia,Tim,Serif;font-size:1.1875rem;le-height:1.6;}{float:left;text-transform:upperse;font-weight:bold;marg-right:0.9375rem;marg-bottom:-0.625rem;marg-top:0;}{font-fay:Juana,Geia,Tim,Serif;font-size:3.8431rem;font-weight:300;le-height:1;}@-moz-document url-prefix(){{marg-top:0.625rem;}}@media(max-width: 64rem){{font-size:6.25rem;le-height:0.9;}}@media(m-width: 48rem){{font-size:6.25rem;le-height:0.9;}}@media(m-width: 64rem){{font-size:7.87499rem;le-height:0.9;}} em{font-fay:Charter,Geia,Tim,Serif;font-style:alic;} strong{font-fay:Charter,Geia,Tim,Serif;font-weight:bold;}</style><p data-no-id="0" class="body-dropp css-1w19hrk et3p2gv0">In 2000, Showtime premiered <em>Queer as Folk</em>, followed by <em>The L Word </em> 2004. Neher show was perfect—both centered on affluent, whe, and th characters—but they were both revolutnary for their time. In the early ghts, LGBTQ+ reprentatn on televisn was still rare, and <em>Queer as Folk </em>and <em>The L Word</em> particular centered queer characters while allowg them to embody a full range of human emotns and experienc, rather than be relegated to jt a tragic si character or quirky bt iend.</p><style data-emotn="css 18vfmjb">{font-fay:Charter,Geia,Tim,Serif;font-size:1.1875rem;le-height:1.6;} em{font-fay:Charter,Geia,Tim,Serif;font-style:alic;} strong{font-fay:Charter,Geia,Tim,Serif;font-weight:bold;}</style><p data-no-id="1" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">The dramas gave the muny a shared pot of nnectn, worked to change perceptns around queerns, and gave viewers an opportuny to see queer characters who were both plex and thrivg. For many, the shows were a sgular, val way to feel seen and loved. After all, <em>Queer as Folk </em>premiered two years after <style data-emotn="css 9cezh6">{-webk-text-ratn:unrle;text-ratn:unrle;text-ratn-thickns:0.0625rem;text-ratn-lor:her;text-unrle-offset:0.25rem;lor:#E61957;-webk-transn:all 0.3s ease--out;transn:all 0.3s ease--out;}{lor:#595959;text-ratn-lor:borr-lk-body-hover;}</style><a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="ABC nceled Ellen DeGener’s s" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0"><u>ABC nceled Ellen DeGener’s s</u></a> followg protts over her g out, and <em>The L Word </em>aired a year before the heartbreakg romance <a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="Brokeback Mounta buted amid wispread ntroversy and backlash" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0"><em>Brokeback Mounta </em>buted amid wispread ntroversy and backlash</a>.<br /></p><p data-no-id="2" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">Today’s media landspe seems to be improvg: <a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="GLAAD reported their annual “Where Are We on TV” study that we’re seeg a wir array of shows" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0"><u>GLAAD reported their annual “Where Are We on TV” study that we’re seeg a wir array of shows</u></a> that lve to the nuanc of inty and explore how there’s no sgular experience or “right” way to be queer. Beloved shows like<em> Pose, Feel Good, Dickson, It’s a S, Euphoria, Hacks</em>, and <em>One Mississippi </em>have all featured queer ma characters grapplg wh real-life issu, such as substance abe, reer hurdl, and faial tragedy. </p><p data-no-id="3" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">Elsewhere, we’re seeg an creasg number of three-dimensnal characters ensemble seri, om the romantic foibl of Eric (Ncuti Gatwa) on <a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="teen edy " class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0">teen edy </a><em><a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="Sex Edutn" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0">Sex Edutn</a> </em>to <a href="'Umbrella,referred%20to%20as%20Number%20Seven." target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk="'Umbrella,referred%20to%20as%20Number%20Seven." data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="Ellt Page’s character g out as a trans man" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0">Ellt Page’s character g out as a trans man</a> on <em><a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="The Umbrella Amy" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0">The Umbrella Amy</a></em>, as well as wizards Moirae (Rosamund Pike) and Siuan (Sophie Okonedo) fallg love on fantasy seri <em><a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="Wheel of Time" data-vars-ga-product-id="e0b83ea6-9ba7-44e2-bbac-a18884bb6a" data-href=" data-product-url=" data-affiliate="te" data-affiliate-url=" data-affiliate-work="{"id":"31518d15-56f8-4a3f-8799-8066452d82","se_id":"10a25939-3448-4c42-8343-9bfdfc32076b","metadata":{},"work":{"id":"469ce69f-4798-416d-9432-eaa9954b4053","name":"Amazon","metadata":{}}}" data-vars-ga-media-role data-vars-ga-media-type data-vars-ga-product-brand="" data-vars-ga-product-price data-vars-ga-product-retailer-id="ee63d34e-7623-4cdf-bcda-7f706da65446" data-vars-ga-product-sem3-brand="" data-vars-ga-product-sem3-tegory data-vars-ga-gallery-id data-vars-ga-lk-treatment="(not set) | (not set)" class="body-lk product-lks css-9cezh6 ebsw2pb0">Wheel of Time</a></em>. </p><style data-emotn="css 1736von">{--data-embed-display:flex;-webk-align-ems:center;-webk-box-align:center;-ms-flex-align:center;align-ems:center;clear:both;display:-webk-box;display:-webk-flex;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;marg-bottom:0.9375rem;marg-left:to;marg-right:to;width:100%;}@media(m-width: 20rem){{width:100%;marg:0 to 0.9375rem;}}@media(m-width: 30rem){{width:100%;marg:0 to 0.9375rem;}}@media(m-width: 40.625rem){{width:100%;marg:0 to 0.9375rem;}}@media(m-width: 48rem){{width:100%;marg:0 to 0.9375rem;}}@media(m-width: 64rem){{width:100%;marg:0 to 0.9375rem;}}@media(m-width: 73.75rem){{width:100%;marg:0 to 0.9375rem;}}@media(m-width: 75rem){{width:100%;marg:0 to 0.9375rem;}}@media(m-width: 90rem){{width:100%;marg:0 to 0.9375rem;}} a span{right:1rem;} img{width:to;height:85vh;} a{display:-webk-le-box;display:-webk-le-flex;display:-ms-le-flexbox;display:le-flex;posn:var(--posn, relative);} img:not(.ewcw41w1){display:block;width:100%;height:to;-webk-align-self:flex-start;-ms-flex-em-align:flex-start;align-self:flex-start;}</style><div size="medium" data-embed="body-image" data-no-id="4" class="align-center size-medium embed css-1736von e1xqj1sx4"><style data-emotn="css uwraif">{width:100%;display:-webk-le-box;display:-webk-le-flex;display:-ms-le-flexbox;display:le-flex;-webk-flex-directn:lumn;-ms-flex-directn:lumn;flex-directn:lumn;marg-left:to;marg-right:to;-webk-box-pack:center;-ms-flex-pack:center;-webk-jtify-ntent:center;jtify-ntent:center;}</style><div class="css-uwraif e1xqj1sx3"><img alt="wh an creasg amount of young people openly intifyg as queer the media we nsume will only ntue to reflect this realy" tle="wh an creasg amount of young people openly intifyg as queer the media we nsume will only ntue to reflect this realy" loadg="lazy" width="1332" height="800" dg="async" data-nimg="1" style="lor: transparent; width: 100%; height: to;" siz="100vw" srcSet=" 640w, 980w, 1120w, 1200w, 1920w" src="" class="css-0 exi4f7p0" /><style data-emotn="css swqnqv">@media(m-width: 20rem){{paddg-left:0rem;}}@media(m-width: 30rem){{paddg-left:0rem;}}@media(m-width: 40.625rem){{paddg-left:0rem;}}@media(m-width: 48rem){{paddg-left:0rem;}}@media(m-width: 64rem){{paddg-left:0rem;}}@media(m-width: 73.75rem){{paddg-left:0rem;}}@media(m-width: 75rem){{paddg-left:0rem;}}@media(m-width: 90rem){{paddg-left:0rem;}}</style><div class="css-swqnqv e1xqj1sx2"></div></div></div><p data-no-id="5" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">Wh an creasg amount of <a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="young people openly intifyg as queer" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0"><u>young people openly intifyg as queer</u></a>, the media we nsume will only ntue to reflect this realy. From a lbian perd piece to swashbucklg gay pirat, check out the currently streamg shows—wh some that don’t necsarily center on a queer lead—that celebrate LGBTQ+ stori, makg them jt as vibrant and val as ever.</p><style data-emotn="css 1m6q79k">{font-fay:Juana,Geia,Tim,Serif;font-weight:normal;letter-spacg:-0.005em;}@media(max-width: 48rem){{font-size:1.875rem;le-height:1.1;}}@media(max-width: 64rem){{font-size:2.125rem;le-height:1.1;}}@media(m-width: 48rem){{marg-top:1.875rem;marg-bottom:1.875rem;font-size:2.375rem;le-height:1.1;}}@media(m-width: 64rem){{font-size:2.625rem;le-height:1.1;}} b, strong{font-fay:her;font-weight:bold;} em, i{font-fay:her;font-style:alic;}</style><h2 data-no-id="6" class="body-h2 css-1m6q79k et3p2gv0">1. <em>The L Word: Generatn Q</em></h2><div size="medium" data-embed="body-image" data-no-id="7" class="align-center size-medium embed css-1736von e1xqj1sx4"><div class="css-uwraif e1xqj1sx3"><img alt="the l word tv show" tle="the l word tv show" loadg="lazy" width="1055" height="844" dg="async" data-nimg="1" style="lor: transparent; width: 100%; height: to;" siz="100vw" srcSet=" 640w, 980w, 1120w, 1200w, 1920w" src="" class="css-0 exi4f7p0" /><div class="css-swqnqv e1xqj1sx2"><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-bdkd9 e6iqd2">Liz Morris/SHOWTIME</span></figptn></div></div></div><p data-no-id="8" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">Given how formative the origal was, 's no surprise that Showtime rebooted <em>The L Word </em>for a younger dience. Boastg a <a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="more diverse wrers room" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0"><u>more diverse wrers room</u></a> this time around, <em>Generatn Q</em> seems aware of the shortgs of the origal, reflectg the<em> te </em>diversy of Los Angel. The reboot still follows characters Bette (Jennifer Beals), Shane (Kathere Moennig), and Alice (Leisha Hailey), but also troduc a number of newer and more youthful characters, whose storyl overlap and unfold unique ways.</p><p data-no-id="9" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">The more nsc foc on diversy is most reflected s racial and trans reprentatn. Though the 2004 versn featured <a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="televisn’s first trans man seri regular wh Max Sweeney" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0">televisn’s first trans man seri regular wh Max Sweeney</a> (Daniela Sea), he was portrayed as a utnary tale about transng. In ntrast, <a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="Generatn Q featur Leo Sheng" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0"><em><u>Generatn Q</u></em><u> featur Leo Sheng</u></a>’s Mih Lee, a gentle tor whose inty as a trans man evolv over the urse of two seasons. He eventually go om cshg on the neighborhood male hotti to fallg for his iend Mirabel (Jillian Merdo), an Ao-Latx attorney who has mcular dystrophy. Siarly, the seri lv eper to characters of lor than s precsor, focg on a central romance between <a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="Dani (Arienne Mandi) and Sophie (Rosanny Zayas)" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0"><u>Dani (Arienne Mandi) and Sophie (Rosanny Zayas)</u></a>, two Latx women who e om <em>very</em> different backgrounds and clash as a rult. </p><p data-no-id="10" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">The chang make the reboot feel more culturally and socially aware, while still beg as sexy and soapy as ever. It’s still <a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="not immune to crique" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0"><u>not immune to crique</u></a>—issu around fatphobia, for example, persist—but what’s great is that now the <em>L Word </em>no longer has to rry the burn of beg the only show on air about queer inty, and n jt be leisurely enjoyed like a beachy summer read. </p><p data-no-id="11" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0"><style data-emotn="css 4fda3d">{-webk-text-ratn:none;text-ratn:none;text-ratn-thickns:0.0625rem;text-ratn-lor:her;text-unrle-offset:0.25rem;lor:#000;-webk-transn:all 0.3s ease--out;transn:all 0.3s ease--out;display:le-block;background-lor:#E61957;borr-radi:50rem;font-fay:Gilroy,Helveti,Arial,Sans-serif;font-size:0.8125rem;le-height:1.3;font-weight:bold;letter-spacg:0.02em;paddg:0.625rem 1.25rem;text-align:center;text-transform:upperse;width:to;}{lor:#fff;text-ratn-lor:borr-lk-body-hover;background-lor:#9D002F;}</style><a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="Watch Now" rel="nofollow" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-product-id="e9d94d77-ed9f-4ac5-8687-7762f0e2b4" data-href=" data-product-url=" data-affiliate="te" data-affiliate-url=" data-affiliate-work="{}" data-vars-ga-media-role data-vars-ga-media-type data-vars-ga-product-brand data-vars-ga-product-price="$84.99" data-vars-ga-product-retailer-id="a4e1c6a5-aff3-4065-b415-4b7ae633379e" data-vars-ga-product-sem3-brand data-vars-ga-product-sem3-tegory data-vars-ga-gallery-id data-vars-ga-lk-treatment="(not set) | (not set)" class="body-btn-lk product-lks-button css-4fda3d ebsw2pb0">Watch Now</a></p><h2 data-no-id="12" class="body-h2 css-1m6q79k et3p2gv0">2. <em>Yellowjackets</em></h2><div size="medium" data-embed="body-image" data-no-id="13" class="align-center size-medium embed css-1736von e1xqj1sx4"><div class="css-uwraif e1xqj1sx3"><img alt="yellowjackets tv show screenshot" tle="yellowjackets tv show screenshot" loadg="lazy" width="1055" height="844" dg="async" data-nimg="1" style="lor: transparent; width: 100%; height: to;" siz="100vw" srcSet=" 640w, 980w, 1120w, 1200w, 1920w" src="" class="css-0 exi4f7p0" /><div class="css-swqnqv e1xqj1sx2"><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-bdkd9 e6iqd2">Kailey Schwerman/SHOWTIME</span></figptn></div></div></div><p data-no-id="14" class="body-text css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">If <em>Yellowjackets </em>premiered 10 years ago, the four ma leads—Shna, Taissa, Natalie, and Misty—likely would have all been jt whe and straight. But, thankfully, that isn’t the se, as the seri wouldn’t be the same whout Taissa, played two separate timel by Tawny Cyprs and Jasm Savoy Brown. The seri, which premiered 2021, follows a high school girls soccer team whose plane mysterly crash the woods, forcg them all to creasgly <em>Lord of the Fli</em>-que scenars that eventually lead to cultism, nnibalism, and possibly wchcraft. While Taissa’s story isn’t about her intifyg as a lbian, ’s certaly an tegral part of who she is, and her sexualy plays to both her teen and adult storyl, where she fends off creatur both real and (possibly) supernatural as they target her girliend, and later, her wife and child.</p><p data-no-id="15" class="body-text css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0"><em>Yellowjackets</em><em> </em>may be the fn of “I support women’s wrongs,” and Taissa may very well be the most clever and thls of all the women. But the wake of teen soccer film <em>Bend It Like Beckham</em> beg dubbed <a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="“the gayt love story never told,”" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0"><u>“the gayt love story never told,”</u></a> ’s rehg that a show fally acknowledg that y, there are queer women who play and love soccer, as <a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="Megan Rapoe n attt" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0"><u>Megan Rapoe n attt</u></a>.</p><p data-no-id="16" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0"><a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="Watch Now" rel="nofollow" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-product-id="0596357e-c1f0-4d3f-af-08231e180a" data-href=" data-product-url=" data-affiliate="te" data-affiliate-url=" data-affiliate-work="{}" data-vars-ga-media-role data-vars-ga-media-type data-vars-ga-product-brand="Pilot" data-vars-ga-product-price="$84.99" data-vars-ga-product-retailer-id="80451900-06b7-4f8b-aa5c-0eb24827f84d" data-vars-ga-product-sem3-brand="Pilot" data-vars-ga-product-sem3-tegory data-vars-ga-gallery-id data-vars-ga-lk-treatment="(not set) | (not set)" class="body-btn-lk product-lks-button css-4fda3d ebsw2pb0">Watch Now</a></p><h2 data-no-id="17" class="body-h2 css-1m6q79k et3p2gv0">3. <em>Our Flag Means Death</em><br /></h2><div size="medium" data-embed="body-image" data-no-id="18" class="align-center size-medium embed css-1736von e1xqj1sx4"><div class="css-uwraif e1xqj1sx3"><img alt="our flag means ath tv show" tle="our flag means ath tv show" loadg="lazy" width="1055" height="844" dg="async" data-nimg="1" style="lor: transparent; width: 100%; height: to;" siz="100vw" srcSet=" 640w, 980w, 1120w, 1200w, 1920w" src="" class="css-0 exi4f7p0" /><div class="css-swqnqv e1xqj1sx2"><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-bdkd9 e6iqd2">Aaron Epste/HBO Max</span></figptn></div></div></div><p data-no-id="19" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">David Jenks’ <em>Our Flag Means Death</em> is an unabashedly queer romp on the high seas. Loosely based on the life of Ste Bon's <a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="“The Gentleman Pirate,”" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0"><u>“The Gentleman Pirate,”</u></a> the seri tak liberti wh history and portrays a romance between Ste (Rhys Darby) and the notor pirate Blackbeard (Taika Wai). Full of dark humor and pathos, the story follows the genteel Ste as he learns to be a ltle more thls and attempts to teach Blackbeard to be a ltle ls so.</p><p data-no-id="20" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">It’s a h take on an often very stereotypilly mascule and straight genre, and ’s credible to see how the seri portrays Ste havg a nearly all queer crew, cludg Luci (Nathan Foad), Black Pete (Matthew Maher), Oluwan (Samson Kayo), and Jim, who’s played by nonbary actor Vi Ortiz and teach the crew to e they/them pronouns. This is stark parison to shows the early ghts, which were often cricized for teasg dienc wh possible romantic relatnships between same-sex leads, only to pull back last mute—<a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="a term lled “queer-bag.”" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0"><u>a term lled “queer-bag.”</u></a> In a Verge terview, <a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="Jenks admted that he had no ia how prevalent queer-bag was" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0">Jenks admted that he had no ia <u>how prevalent queer-bag was</u></a>, and he found “heartbreakg” how many fans were “aaid to let themselv believe that” the show<em> really</em> was leadg up to a Ste and Blackbeard romance. <em>Our Flag Means Death</em> feels revolutnary how effortlsly portrays all the queer characters livg, sgg, and pillagg together.</p><p data-no-id="21" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0"><a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="Watch Now" rel="nofollow" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-product-id="98baab39-c66d-4aa7-9711-e32dae88720a" data-href=" data-product-url=" data-affiliate="te" data-affiliate-url=" data-affiliate-work="{}" data-vars-ga-media-role data-vars-ga-media-type data-vars-ga-product-brand="" data-vars-ga-product-price data-vars-ga-product-retailer-id="d63052e7-9e16-4592-940c-2e65d60a6396" data-vars-ga-product-sem3-brand="" data-vars-ga-product-sem3-tegory data-vars-ga-gallery-id data-vars-ga-lk-treatment="(not set) | (not set)" class="body-btn-lk product-lks-button css-4fda3d ebsw2pb0">Watch Now</a></p><h2 data-no-id="22" class="body-h2 css-1m6q79k et3p2gv0">4. <em>Gentleman Jack</em></h2><div size="medium" data-embed="body-image" data-no-id="23" class="align-center size-medium embed css-1736von e1xqj1sx4"><div class="css-uwraif e1xqj1sx3"><img alt="gentlemen jack tv show" tle="gentlemen jack tv show" loadg="lazy" width="1055" height="844" dg="async" data-nimg="1" style="lor: transparent; width: 100%; height: to;" siz="100vw" srcSet=" 640w, 980w, 1120w, 1200w, 1920w" src="" class="css-0 exi4f7p0" /><div class="css-swqnqv e1xqj1sx2"><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-bdkd9 e6iqd2">Aimee Spks/Lookout Pot/HBO</span></figptn></div></div></div><p data-no-id="24" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">For lovers of perd piec who wish the Geian era had more women kissg, <em>Gentleman Jack </em>is for you. This seri is notable for the sheer fact that tells the <a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="te story of 1800s lbian dtrialist and landowner Anne Lister" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0"><u>te story of 1800s lbian dtrialist and landowner Anne Lister</u></a>, who chronicled her travels, studi, and “love for the fairer sex” over 24 volum of diari. <em>Gentleman Jack</em> is a lh queer romance done the style of <em>Emma </em>or <em>Pri and Prejudice</em>—somethg we’ve never seen before beyond films like <em>The Favoure </em>and <em>Portra of a Lady on Fire.</em></p><p data-no-id="25" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">The seri also ph to qutn how much of history has been “straight-washed.” After all, Anne wore mascule cloth, but her stat as a member of the upper class allowed her to get away wh beg dubbed an eccentric. She married a woman, but there weren’t any urts that regnized as legal. She even wrote extensively her diari about her sexual dallianc wh women, but was all done <a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="d “crypt hand”" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0"><u>d “crypt hand”</u></a> that morn day historians are still unravellg today. Not only is the show a remr that queer people existed at all pots history, remds viewers that queer history simply is <em>our </em>shared history. </p><p data-no-id="26" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0"><a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="Watch Now" rel="nofollow" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-product-id="593347db-74ea-45f5-adf8-85ce9170be8b" data-href=" data-product-url=" data-affiliate="te" data-affiliate-url=" data-affiliate-work="{}" data-vars-ga-media-role data-vars-ga-media-type data-vars-ga-product-brand="lu" data-vars-ga-product-price="$1.00" data-vars-ga-product-retailer-id="a430d3ab-e94a-4e3a-927d-0511edaafe29" data-vars-ga-product-sem3-brand="lu" data-vars-ga-product-sem3-tegory data-vars-ga-gallery-id data-vars-ga-lk-treatment="(not set) | (not set)" class="body-btn-lk product-lks-button css-4fda3d ebsw2pb0">Watch Now</a></p><h2 data-no-id="27" class="body-h2 css-1m6q79k et3p2gv0">5. <em>Sort Of </em></h2><div size="medium" data-embed="body-image" data-no-id="28" class="align-center size-medium embed css-1736von e1xqj1sx4"><div class="css-uwraif e1xqj1sx3"><img alt="sort of tv show ma character" tle="sort of tv show ma character" loadg="lazy" width="1055" height="844" dg="async" data-nimg="1" style="lor: transparent; width: 100%; height: to;" siz="100vw" srcSet=" 640w, 980w, 1120w, 1200w, 1920w" src="" class="css-0 exi4f7p0" /><div class="css-swqnqv e1xqj1sx2"><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-bdkd9 e6iqd2">Courty of HBO Max</span></figptn></div></div></div><p data-no-id="29" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">Sometim a show don’t need to be anythg more than a quiet and ntaed matn about life and the choic that fe . Such is the way wh the drama <em>Sort Of</em>, which was -created by and stars Bilal Baig, who’s notable for beg <a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="the first queer South Asian Mlim actor" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0"><u>the first queer South Asian Mlim actor</u></a> to lead a Canadian primetime seri. Baig plays Sabi, a genr-fluid Pakistani Mlim nanny, who’s a ltle too nice for their own good and is torn between a big, life-changg move or stayg put to re for a fay. As <a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="Baig explaed to Xtra Magaze" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0"><u>Baig explaed to </u><em><u>Xtra Magaze</u></em></a>, the show is ls about a tradnal g out narrative than is about “somebody who’s on the quieter si of life,” who exus a lm “energy and ra.” The rult is a pretty soothg and tenr dramedy that feels siar to <em>Fleabag </em>and also don’t shy away om the cultural clash that Sabi fac as a non-bary brown person. The seri also boasts several queer leads, cludg Sabi’s bt iend 7ven (Amanda Cordner), and their employer, Bsy (Grace Lynn Kung).</p><p data-no-id="30" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0"><em>Sort Of</em>’s gentle and straightforward humor has clearly ronated wh viewers. <a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="Baig told Fashn Magaze" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0"><u>Baig told </u><em><u>Fashn Magaze</u></em></a> that the wake of season 1, their DMs have been full of “love and gratu” om viewers who felt seen by Sabi. “Their parents have started to e their pronouns rrectly,” they said. “They feel more certa than ever that they will transn or e out to their fay. It’s like this spir of openg.” <em>Sort Of</em> was renewed for <a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="season 2 Febary" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0"><u>season 2 Febary</u></a>. </p><p data-no-id="31" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0"><a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="Watch Now" rel="nofollow" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-product-id="eb1b9102-b7a3-4203-bd6b-df7a896ead60" data-href=" data-product-url=" data-affiliate="te" data-affiliate-url=" data-affiliate-work="{}" data-vars-ga-media-role data-vars-ga-media-type data-vars-ga-product-brand="" data-vars-ga-product-price data-vars-ga-product-retailer-id="f68d403d-0496-4e6f-8d6b-b4db4a4a62" data-vars-ga-product-sem3-brand="" data-vars-ga-product-sem3-tegory data-vars-ga-gallery-id data-vars-ga-lk-treatment="(not set) | (not set)" class="body-btn-lk product-lks-button css-4fda3d ebsw2pb0">Watch Now</a></p><h2 data-no-id="32" class="body-h2 css-1m6q79k et3p2gv0">6. <em>Heartstopper</em></h2><div size="medium" data-embed="body-image" data-no-id="33" class="align-center size-medium embed css-1736von e1xqj1sx4"><div class="css-uwraif e1xqj1sx3"><img alt="heartstopper tv show" tle="heartstopper tv show" loadg="lazy" width="1055" height="844" dg="async" data-nimg="1" style="lor: transparent; width: 100%; height: to;" siz="100vw" srcSet=" 640w, 980w, 1120w, 1200w, 1920w" src="" class="css-0 exi4f7p0" /><div class="css-swqnqv e1xqj1sx2"><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-bdkd9 e6iqd2">Courty of NETFLIX</span></figptn></div></div></div><p data-no-id="34" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">You n’t get much softer than<em> Heartstopper</em>, a dreamy g-of-age rom- based on a <a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="slice-of-life web ic by Alice Oseman" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0"><u>slice-of-life web ic by Alice Oseman</u></a>. Compared to <em>Love, Simon</em>, which centered on the trma of g out, <a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="Oseman explaed to Buzzfeed" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0"><u>Oseman explaed to Buzzfeed</u></a> that she “really lik takg characters through queer disvery a joyful way.” The story follows Charlie (Joe Locke), an awkward schoolboy who falls love wh Nick (K Connor), the good-natured jock he ss bi. The seri also expands the ic’s story to clu Charlie’s almost entirely queer group of iends, which notably clus Elle (Yasm Fney), a trans girl who transfers to a nearby girls school and forms her own group of queer iends there and pursu a romance wh Tao (William Gao), her iend om her prev all-boys school.</p><p data-no-id="35" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">While the seri don’t avoid acknowledgg teenage homophobia and bullyg, the issu are often smoothed over wh the gidds of havg a teen csh. <em>Heartstopper </em>feels radil how don’t dwell on feelgs of shame, and stead centers self around the joy of a young queer person beg able to live their full and thentic self. This portrayal has clearly ronated wh viewers: It nabbed a rare <a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="100% crics ratg on Rotten Tomato" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0"><u>100% crics ratg on Rotten Tomato</u></a>, along wh <a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="an early season 2 renewal" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0"><u>an early season 2 renewal</u></a> followg s April 2022 but.</p><p data-no-id="36" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0"><style data-emotn="css wd7kj3">{-webk-text-ratn:none;text-ratn:none;text-ratn-thickns:0.0625rem;text-ratn-lor:her;text-unrle-offset:0.25rem;lor:#000;-webk-transn:all 0.3s ease--out;transn:all 0.3s ease--out;display:le-block;background-lor:#E61957;borr-radi:50rem;font-fay:Gilroy,Helveti,Arial,Sans-serif;font-size:0.8125rem;le-height:1.3;font-weight:bold;letter-spacg:0.02em;paddg:0.625rem 1.25rem;text-align:center;text-transform:upperse;width:to;}{lor:#fff;text-ratn-lor:borr-lk-body-hover;background-lor:#9D002F;}{outle-lor:body-cta-btn-lk-foc;}</style><a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="Watch Now" rel="nofollow" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" class="body-btn-lk css-wd7kj3 et3p2gv0">Watch Now</a></p><h2 data-no-id="37" class="body-h2 css-1m6q79k et3p2gv0">7. <em>First Kill </em></h2><div size="medium" data-embed="body-image" data-no-id="38" class="align-center size-medium embed css-1736von e1xqj1sx4"><div class="css-uwraif e1xqj1sx3"><img alt="first kill tv show" tle="first kill tv show" loadg="lazy" width="1055" height="844" dg="async" data-nimg="1" style="lor: transparent; width: 100%; height: to;" siz="100vw" srcSet=" 640w, 980w, 1120w, 1200w, 1920w" src="" class="css-0 exi4f7p0" /><div class="css-swqnqv e1xqj1sx2"><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-bdkd9 e6iqd2">Brian Douglas/Netflix © 2022</span></figptn></div></div></div><p data-no-id="39" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0"><em>Romeo and Juliet </em>meets <em>Twilight </em> Netflix’s queer lbian romance <em>First Kill</em>. Based on a short story by V.E. Schwab, <em>First Kill </em>centers on Juliette and Callpe, star-crossed lovers om rival fai. The two young teens meet unr rather ght circumstanc: Vampire Juliette has picked Callpe as her first victim, not knowg that she om a long le of credibly proficient monster hunters. </p><p data-no-id="40" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">The vampire subgenre has long equated <a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="vampirism wh queerns" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0"><u>vampirism wh queerns</u></a>—most notably wh the 1872 erotic novella <em>Carla</em>—yet queer reprentatn vampire shows and films has been few and far between on seri like <em>Vampire Diari </em>and <em>Buffy the Vampire Slayer</em>. While <a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="buted to middlg reviews" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0"><u>buted to middlg reviews</u></a>, <em>First Kill </em>is the only seri currently airg that fully centers a lbian vampire romance. As pure YA drama fodr that’s full of teenage lt, <em>actual </em>blood-lt, and fanfictn trop that may e you to roll your ey, don’t expect <em>First Kill </em>to be any sort of ep exploratn of inty. But even young queer supernatural fans need their guilty pleasur, don’t they? </p><p data-no-id="41" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0"><a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="Watch Now" rel="nofollow" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" class="body-btn-lk css-wd7kj3 et3p2gv0">Watch Now</a></p><h2 data-no-id="42" class="body-h2 css-1m6q79k et3p2gv0">8. <em>Star Trek: Disvery</em></h2><div size="medium" data-embed="body-image" data-no-id="43" class="align-center size-medium embed css-1736von e1xqj1sx4"><div class="css-uwraif e1xqj1sx3"><img alt="star trek disvery" tle="star trek disvery" loadg="lazy" width="1055" height="844" dg="async" data-nimg="1" style="lor: transparent; width: 100%; height: to;" siz="100vw" srcSet=" 640w, 980w, 1120w, 1200w, 1920w" src="" class="css-0 exi4f7p0" /><div class="css-swqnqv e1xqj1sx2"><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-bdkd9 e6iqd2">Michael Gibson/CBS ©2020 CBS Interactive, Inc.</span></figptn></div></div></div><p data-no-id="44" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">The <em>Star Trek</em> anchise has always been at the foreont of progrs, om featurg the <a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="first terracial kiss on televisn " class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0"><u>first terracial kiss on televisn</u> </a>to havg an <a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="ethnilly diverse crew" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0"><u>ethnilly diverse crew</u></a>. Today, that diversy extends to featurg numero queer characters among the crewmembers on seri like <em>Pird</em>, <em>Lower Decks</em>, and <em>Strange New Worlds</em>. And ’s <em>Star Trek: Disvery</em> that’s particularly notable, as portrays -pth a gay married uple on ck, <a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="a first for the anchise" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0"><u>a first for the anchise</u></a>. When the seri first unveiled the relatnship between medil officer Culber (Wilson Cz) and science officer Stamets (Anthony Rapp) episo three, <a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="Gee Takei thanked the seri" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0"><u>Gee Takei thanked the seri</u></a> for “gog where no <em>Star Trek </em>show has gone before.” In some seasons, their love que lerally transcends time and space. Later seasons clu lbian engeer Jett (Tig Notaro), non-bary character Adira (Blu l Barr), and Adira’s trans boyiend Gray (Ian Alexanr), whose symbtic relatnship wh Adira is an tegral aspect of season 3. </p><p data-no-id="45" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">Though science fictn is lerally centered around futuristic ias, most televisn shows and films this genre have been pretty retrogra their plete lack of queer characters. So, ’s always hearteng to see a major anchise ntue to lead the charge when to queer reprentatn. </p><p data-no-id="46" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0"><a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk="null$null$star%20trek%20disvery&gclid=Cj0KCQjwntCVBhDdARIsAMEwACmrJTh2vs-0KwODtEFnDwgPr6M7fA6n0Z1HWghFwc9kkmXqCsaJ0HsaAiJlEALw_wcB&;_ivgu=35b1624c-2765-40d6-b538-15541e1455" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="Watch Now" rel="nofollow" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-product-id="b9fd531a-2a87-4063-b154-ad8faec5df3c" data-href="null$null$star%20trek%20disvery&gclid=Cj0KCQjwntCVBhDdARIsAMEwACmrJTh2vs-0KwODtEFnDwgPr6M7fA6n0Z1HWghFwc9kkmXqCsaJ0HsaAiJlEALw_wcB&;_ivgu=35b1624c-2765-40d6-b538-15541e1455" data-product-url="null$null$star%20trek%20disvery&gclid=Cj0KCQjwntCVBhDdARIsAMEwACmrJTh2vs-0KwODtEFnDwgPr6M7fA6n0Z1HWghFwc9kkmXqCsaJ0HsaAiJlEALw_wcB&;_ivgu=35b1624c-2765-40d6-b538-15541e1455" data-affiliate="te" data-affiliate-url=" data-affiliate-work="{}" data-vars-ga-media-role data-vars-ga-media-type data-vars-ga-product-brand="" data-vars-ga-product-price data-vars-ga-product-retailer-id="9a73ff8f-9c0d-460e-a518-1235f1b79d62" data-vars-ga-product-sem3-brand="" data-vars-ga-product-sem3-tegory data-vars-ga-gallery-id data-vars-ga-lk-treatment="(not set) | (not set)" class="body-btn-lk product-lks-button css-4fda3d ebsw2pb0">Watch Now</a></p><h2 data-no-id="47" class="body-h2 css-1m6q79k et3p2gv0">9. <em>Severance</em></h2><div size="medium" data-embed="body-image" data-no-id="48" class="align-center size-medium embed css-1736von e1xqj1sx4"><div class="css-uwraif e1xqj1sx3"><img alt="severance tv show" tle="severance tv show" loadg="lazy" width="1055" height="844" dg="async" data-nimg="1" style="lor: transparent; width: 100%; height: to;" siz="100vw" srcSet=" 640w, 980w, 1120w, 1200w, 1920w" src="" class="css-0 exi4f7p0" /><div class="css-swqnqv e1xqj1sx2"><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-bdkd9 e6iqd2">Courty of Apple</span></figptn></div></div></div><p data-no-id="49" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">On the t, you’d never expect <em>Severance </em>to have a queer romance among s many wdg storyl. The sci-fi drama follows four people who elect to unrgo a ntroversial procre that severs their outsi self om their workplace self. Thk shas of <em>Wtworld </em>meets <em>Lost. </em>Amid all of this is an achgly timate love story between Irvg (John Turturro) and Burt (Christopher Walken). Dpe beg om two separate partments, they end up fallg love and rryg on a urtship secret. It’s surprisgly tenr—a term I never thought I’d e for a Walken character—and ’s heartwarmg to see two olr characters explore a same-sex romance whout the show feelg like needs to over-expla or label their obv soulmate nnectn. The season cliffhanger between them also leav plenty to explore season 2, which <a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="was announced April" data-vars-ga-product-id="406f5cb2-772b-4655-84c6-0300ee50b2e7" data-href=" data-product-url=" data-affiliate="te" data-affiliate-url=" data-affiliate-work="{}" data-vars-ga-media-role data-vars-ga-media-type data-vars-ga-product-brand="" data-vars-ga-product-price data-vars-ga-product-retailer-id="eac0a7c2-f0f8-4615-83a3-8973c0c14d93" data-vars-ga-product-sem3-brand="" data-vars-ga-product-sem3-tegory data-vars-ga-gallery-id data-vars-ga-lk-treatment="(not set) | (not set)" class="body-lk product-lks css-9cezh6 ebsw2pb0"><u>was announced April</u></a>.</p><p data-no-id="50" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0"><a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="Watch Now" rel="nofollow" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-product-id="272e02f4-1785-415a-a536-bdd7f139293e" data-href=" data-product-url=" data-affiliate="te" data-affiliate-url=" data-affiliate-work="{}" data-vars-ga-media-role data-vars-ga-media-type data-vars-ga-product-brand="" data-vars-ga-product-price data-vars-ga-product-retailer-id="a20fb7b4-f712-4db1-a188-a8121d799e1f" data-vars-ga-product-sem3-brand="" data-vars-ga-product-sem3-tegory data-vars-ga-gallery-id data-vars-ga-lk-treatment="(not set) | (not set)" class="body-btn-lk product-lks-button css-4fda3d ebsw2pb0">Watch Now</a></p><h2 data-no-id="51" class="body-h2 css-1m6q79k et3p2gv0">10. <em>Rebel</em></h2><div size="medium" data-embed="body-image" data-no-id="52" class="align-center size-medium embed css-1736von e1xqj1sx4"><div class="css-uwraif e1xqj1sx3"><img alt="rebel tv show" tle="rebel tv show" loadg="lazy" width="1055" height="844" dg="async" data-nimg="1" style="lor: transparent; width: 100%; height: to;" siz="100vw" srcSet=" 640w, 980w, 1120w, 1200w, 1920w" src="" class="css-0 exi4f7p0" /><div class="css-swqnqv e1xqj1sx2"><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-bdkd9 e6iqd2">Mayra Ortiz/NETFLIX</span></figptn></div></div></div><p data-no-id="53" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">Amerin viewers might be unaware of how beloved the Mexin telenovela <em>Rebel </em>was wh the Latx muny the early ghts. The origal seri centered around a band formed at a super-ele boardg school, and like the now-inic <em>Spice World </em>movie, featured a real and popular mil group playg the characters. Gnge girl character Roberta (Dulce María) was dubbed by many as <a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="their moment of “gay awakeng,”" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0"><u>their moment of “gay awakeng,”</u></a> but none of the lead characters <em>actually</em> had any gay romanc. That ccial shortg has been fixed Netflix’s reboot of the seri, which has some llbacks to the origal but mostly foc on a new group of stunts at Ele Way School.</p><p data-no-id="54" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">Jt like the other teen-centric shows on this list, the seri is celebrated for havg several queer characters the st. There’s Andi (Lizeth Selene), who falls for Eia (Gvanna Grig), and together they explore their attractn to women for the first time. There’s also La (Fran Masi), the band’s gay mician who berat classmat who throw around slurs. The show n certaly be a b mpy and is very YA-foced, but for those missg the mil drama of <em>Glee </em>and who’ve already fished the siarly queer-centric Spanish drama <em>Ele</em>, <em>Rebel </em>is worth a watch. <a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="As Merces Viera wrote for Refery29" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0"><u>As Merces Viera wrote for Refery29</u></a>, “I’m sure Andi is already someone’s gay awakeng, jt like Roberta was ours.”</p><p data-no-id="55" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0"><a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="Watch Now " rel="nofollow" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" class="body-btn-lk css-wd7kj3 et3p2gv0">Watch Now </a></p><h2 data-no-id="56" class="body-h2 css-1m6q79k et3p2gv0">11. <em>We Are Lady Parts</em></h2><div size="medium" data-embed="body-image" data-no-id="57" class="align-center size-medium embed css-1736von e1xqj1sx4"><div class="css-uwraif e1xqj1sx3"><img alt="we are lady parts tv show" tle="we are lady parts tv show" loadg="lazy" width="1055" height="844" dg="async" data-nimg="1" style="lor: transparent; width: 100%; height: to;" siz="100vw" srcSet=" 640w, 980w, 1120w, 1200w, 1920w" src="" class="css-0 exi4f7p0" /><div class="css-swqnqv e1xqj1sx2"><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-bdkd9 e6iqd2">Saima Khalid/Peack</span></figptn></div></div></div><p data-no-id="58" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">While Nida Manzoor’s Brish s <em>We Are Lady Parts</em> largely foc on straight character Ama (Anjana Vasan), the seri is boundary-breakg how centers a punk rock band ma entirely up of Mlim women. Among the members is dmmer Ayha (Juliette Motamed), who has an awakeng mid-season when she’s stck wh love at first sight for a woman: fluencer Zara (Sofia Barclay). While Ayha’s burgeong queerns is not the foc of the season—which only nsists of six short episos—the seri was<a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn=" renewed for a send season" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0"><u> renewed for a send season</u></a>, leavg space for Ayha’s inty to be explored further. </p><p data-no-id="59" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">Regardls how of briefly the show picts Ayha’s csh, <em>We Are Lady Parts</em> is one of the few (and possibly the <em>only</em>) current pictns of a queer Mlim woman on televisn. 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Created by and starrg Abril Zamora, the HBO drama <em>Dafne and the Rt </em>follows Dafne, a trans woman whose love life hs rock bottom when she’s dumped by her boyiend after he adms that he’s fallen out of love wh her. It’s a heartbreakg start, but Dafne then go on a journey of self-disvery, all while figurg out if she has <em>maybe</em> fallen for her good iend and roommate of many years.</p><p data-no-id="64" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">As <a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="Zamora explaed to GLAAD" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0"><u>Zamora explaed to GLAAD</u></a>, she never wanted Dafne’s story to be solely about her inty as a trans woman, but rather wanted to be a reflectn of what feels like to be a falterg 30-somethg whose life hasn’t gone to plan. Zamora also said that so many pictns of trans characters foc on jt the transng phase, or issu around trma or rejectn. 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Stephen Dunn and Jaclyn Moore’s new seri kicks off wh a shootg at a gay club New Orleans, which is then ed to explore how each character manag their trma. Compared to the origal, this rebooted versn of <em>Queer as Folk</em> tells a much wir and more varied set of stori through characters like Brodie (Dev Way), his trans bt iend Ruthie (Jse Jam Keel), and drag performer Mg (F Arg). The seri is not so much a reboot as is “takg what’s behd [the origal]—the ia of <a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="queer fiance and queer joy" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0"><u>queer fiance and queer joy</u></a>—and tellg a story about that,” executive producer and wrer Moore, who is also trans, explaed. She add that “queerns” has evolved sce the late ‘90s, and she wanted <em>Queer as Folk </em>to be able to speak to a new generatn. </p><p data-no-id="69" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">This is most clear wh <a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="the character of Ruthie" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0"><u>the character of Ruthie</u></a>, who Moore said felt like a mirror of herself all her three-dimensnal, plex glory. Ultimately, while the seri never shi away om the tragedy and difficulti of beg a trans person, the seri also ptur the triumphs. “It’s really hard to be a trans person [when] the world is nstantly tellg you why you’re not allowed to live,” she told <em>Collir</em>. 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An entertament wrer at Btle for over three years, her byl have also appeared Oprah Daily, Vulture, The Guardian, and The Hollywood Reporter. A member of the Asian Amerin Journalists Associatn, her reer highlights clu terviews wh BTS, Michelle Yeoh, Margaret Cho, and Mg-Na Wen. 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