Wh over half of teens intifyg as queer, ’s about time televisn shows started reflectg their dienc. Luckily, there’s been an flux of media that actually pict real, queer liv (and don’t go for the classic fx pas of killg off gay characters). Here’s what we’re watchg and actually seeg ourselv .
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* serials about gay *
And yet, for s, lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer people rarely ever saw displays of affectn.
It may appear quat now, when we have TV seri like Hulu’s Love, Victor (about a Latx teen explorg sexual fluidy) or Netflix’s Bondg (about sex work and alternative sexualy), but the great gay panic set off by Ellen DeGener g out on her s 1997 was a bombshell that didn’t necsarily nvce the works that they’d open the gat to LGBTQ experienc. Luckily Will & Grace buted 1998 and the groundbreakg NBC seri nvced many that gay people might not be so toxic (and wouldn’t sre off advertisers) — so much so that Vice Print Joe Bin later creded wh changg his md about same-sex marriage.