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THE 28 BT LGBTQ+ TV SHOWS TO STREAM RIGHT NOWCELEBRATE PRI MONTH BY BGEG DRAG RACE, THE OTHER TWO, HEARTSTOPPER, AND MORE LGBTQ+ GEMS.BY TYLER BREFELLERJUNE 9, 2023FROM LEFT, URTY OF SHOWTIME, HBO, AND NETFLIX. SAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVEIT SEEMS LUDICRO THAT THERE WAS A TIME, NOT TOO LONG AGO, WHEN LGBTQ+ TV SHOWS WEREN’T STANDARD FARE. PERHAPS ONE WOULD E OUT EVERY UPLE OF YEARS, N FOR A FEW SEASONS, MAKE HISTORY, AND THEN FIZZLE OUT. THANKFULLY, THE TELEVISN LANDSPE HAS CHANGED TREMENDOLY THE PAST . THERE ARE SHOWS THAT HAVE QUEER CHARACTERS, SHOWS THAT ARE HERENTLY QUEER, AND SHOWS THAT LAMPOON MAJOR RPORATNS TRYG TO PASS OFF AMORPHO GOO AS QUEER REPRENTATN. WHAT MORE ULD YOU ASK FOR?IF YOU’VE FOUND YOURSELF LOOKG TO WATCH SOMETHG THAT FALLS TO ONE OF THOSE TEGORI (OR SOMEWHERE BETWEEN), WE’VE PILED THE BT LGBTQ+ TV SHOWS THAT ARE STREAMG NOW. FROM RUPL’S DRAG RACE TO HARLEY QUN, YOU N FD THEM ALL BELOW.28. QUEER AS FOLK (2022)FOR BETTER OR WORSE, THE SHORT-LIVED REBOOT OF RSELL T DAVI’S GROUNDBREAKG SERI SEEMED TERMED TO ATONE FOR THE ORIGAL’S SOAPY PICTN OF QUEER LIFE. STARRG DEV WAY, F ARG, AND RYAN O’CONNELL, QUEER AS FOLK FOLLOWS A DIVERSE NEW ORLEANS MUNY THE AFTERMATH OF A TRAGEDY THAT RELLS THE 2016 PULSE SHOOTG. IF YOU DON’T MD SUCH TRMA UNRSRG THIS ENTERTAGLY MSY WEB OF CHARACTERS, ’S A DRAMA WORTH DIPPG TO.POWERED BYJTWATCH27. SEX EDUTN (2019)THE RELATNSHIP BETWEEN SEX EDUTN’S ERIC (NCUTI GATWA) AND ADAM (CONNOR SWLLS) HAS S ISSU, BUT GATWA IS SUCH A STANDOUT THE ACCLAIMED SERI THAT MOST ARE WORTH OVERLOOKG. HE’S JT THAT MAGIC. THE SHOW OTHERWISE FOLLOWS OTIS (ASA BUTTERFIELD), A HIGH SCHOOL STUNT WHO SETS UP AN UNRGROUND SEX THERAPY CLIC WH ANOTHER ONE OF HIS CLASSMAT (EMMA MACKEY). MIXG ANK DISCSNS WH IMPOSSIBLE-TO-HATE CHARACTERS, SEX EDUTN HAS BEEN A BOON FOR NETFLIX SCE S BUT—AND ’S NEVER TOO LATE TO HOP ON THE BANDWAGON.POWERED BYJTWATCH26. DRAG ME TO DNER (2023)MOST POPULAR25 PERFECT TV EPISOS FROM THE LAST 25 YEARSBY HILLARY BISSARA RAMIREZ ISSU STHG RPONSE TO ANTI–CHE DIAZ PROFILEBY SAVANNAH WALSHIS IT TIME TO GET EXCED ABOUT THE BACHELOR AGA?BY SAVANNAH WALSHA WHIRLWD OF A REALY SHOW, DRAG ME TO DNER THROWS SOME OF THE BIGGT NAM DRAG TO THE KCHEN. SORT OF. EACH EPISO SE TWO PAIRS OF QUEENS (THE FIRST EPISO PS JKX MONSOON AND BENDELACREME AGAST JACKIE BEAT AND SHERRY VE) FACE OFF A THEMATIC DNER PARTY BATTLE. DER, FOOD, AND CKTAILS MT ALL BE PREPARED, AND THE PRENTATNS ARE NEVER WHAT YOU EXPECT THEM TO BE. (A SPEAKEASY? A MURR MYSTERY? A KE BIRTH?!) AT THE END OF THE DAY, ’S A SHOWSE FOR THE SHEER CREATIVE FORCE THAT IS DRAG, SO YOU MAY AS WELL GIVE TO THE CHAOS AND ALLOW TO ENTERTA YOU AT EVERY UNPREDICTABLE TURN.POWERED BYJTWATCH25. THE SEX LIV OF COLLEGE GIRLS (2021)COCREATED BY MDY KALG, SEX LIV OF COLLEGE GIRLS IS A ROMP THAT FOLLOWS FOUR ROOMMAT AS THEY AL WH THE MANY UPS AND DOWNS OF NEWFOUND PENNCE. RENEé RAPP’S LEIGHTON, A WEALTHY LEGACY STUNT, IS A STANDOUT; HER ROLE AS THE GROUP’S OBLIGATORY üBER-NFINT MEAN GIRL IS QUICKLY SUBVERTED WHEN SHE BEGS G TO TERMS WH HER SEXUALY. AND THOUGH THE GIRLS’ LOVE TERTS E AND GO, THEIR IENDSHIP REMAS THE SERI’ SECRET WEAPON.POWERED BYJTWATCH24. XO, KTY (2023)MOST POPULAR25 PERFECT TV EPISOS FROM THE LAST 25 YEARSBY HILLARY BISSARA RAMIREZ ISSU STHG RPONSE TO ANTI–CHE DIAZ PROFILEBY SAVANNAH WALSHIS IT TIME TO GET EXCED ABOUT THE BACHELOR AGA?BY SAVANNAH WALSHXO, KTY ULD HAVE FALLEN FLAT THE SHADOW OF THE MOVI WAS SPUN OFF OM, BUT ANNA CATHRT WORKS WONRS AS A YOUNGER SISTER FALLY STEPPG TO THE SPOTLIGHT. SET AFTER THE TO ALL THE BOYS FILMS, THIS SERI FOLLOWS CATHRT’S KTY SONG COVEY HALFWAY ACROSS THE WORLD AS SHE ATTEMPTS TO RENNECT WH HER LONG-DISTANCE BOYIEND. ON HER OWN FOR THE FIRST TIME, THOUGH, THE CHARACTER WHO ONCE NSIRED HERSELF AN EXPERT ON LOVE REALIZ SHE HAS MUCH MORE TO LEARN. AT TURNS CLEVER, HEARTWARMG, AND OVER-THE-TOP, XO, KTY IS BETTER THAN HAS ANY RIGHT TO BE. (SEE FOR YOURSELF.)POWERED BYJTWATCH23. ELE (2018)THIS SOAPY SPANISH SERI MAK FOR QUE THE GUILTY PLEASURE BGE-WATCH. WH SIX SEASONS ALREADY UNR S BELT, ELE BLENDS MURR-MYSTERY ELEMENTS WH HIGH SCHOOL DRAMA TO ADDICTG EFFECT; THE RELATNSHIPS ARE EXPLOSIVE, THE PARTI ARE ADLY, AND THE CHARACTERS ARE THEIR OWN WORST ENEMI. WHAT MORE ULD YOU WANT?POWERED BYJTWATCH22. THE L WORD: GENERATN Q (2019)MOST POPULAR25 PERFECT TV EPISOS FROM THE LAST 25 YEARSBY HILLARY BISSARA RAMIREZ ISSU STHG RPONSE TO ANTI–CHE DIAZ PROFILEBY SAVANNAH WALSHIS IT TIME TO GET EXCED ABOUT THE BACHELOR AGA?BY SAVANNAH WALSHTHOUGH YOU’LL PROBABLY WANT TO SHAKE THE SCREEN TRATN (REPEATEDLY!), THIS NTUATN OF THE L WORD FOLLOWS CHARACTERS NEW AND OLD AS THEY STUMBLE THROUGH SELF-DISVERY AND LOVE. JENNIFER BEALS, KATE MOENNIG, AND LEISHA HAILEY, WHO REPRISE THEIR ROL OM THE ORIGAL SERI, ARE JOED BY AN ENSEMBLE OF ACTORS AS DIVERSE AS THE CHARACTERS THEY PORTRAY. DPE—OR PERHAPS BEE OF—HOW MSY THE SERI GETS, ’S HARD NOT TO FALL FOR THEM.POWERED BYJTWATCH21. HARLEY QUN (2019)Y, THERE IS A CURRENTLY AIRG SHOW WHICH HARLEY QUN (VOICED BY KALEY CUO) AND POISON IVY (VOICED BY LAKE BELL) HAVE A HEARTFELT NVERSATN ABOUT THEIR RELATNSHIP WHILE THE MIDST OF A SATANIC Y. THIS SERI, WHICH IS AS OFF-THE-WALL AS THAT LAST SENTENCE WOULD HAVE YOU BELIEVE, LEANS TO ALL OF THE CHARACTERS’ WORST STCTS—AND IS ALL THE BETTER FOR . SURE, ’S BLOOD-SOAKED AND OBNOX. BUT IF YOU SQUT, ’S ALSO A MEDATN ON REVENGE, LOVE, AND CHOOSG TO DO THE RIGHT THG. POWERED BYJTWATCH20. YELLOWJACKETS (2021)MOST POPULAR25 PERFECT TV EPISOS FROM THE LAST 25 YEARSBY HILLARY BISSARA RAMIREZ ISSU STHG RPONSE TO ANTI–CHE DIAZ PROFILEBY SAVANNAH WALSHIS IT TIME TO GET EXCED ABOUT THE BACHELOR AGA?BY SAVANNAH WALSHSPEAKG OF BLOOD-SOAKED…WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF A HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS SOCCER TEAM WAS STRAND THE WILRNS FOR 19 MONTHS? YELLOWJACKETS ATTEMPTS TO ANSWER THAT QUTN—WH NNIBALISM, ROMANCE, AND A HEALTHY DOSE OF MYSTICISM MIXED FOR GOOD MEASURE. WHILE TEASG ANYTHG ABOUT THE LIV OF THE SURVIVORS WOULD SPOIL SOME STORYL FOR THE UNIATED, RT ASSURED THAT ’S A SERI YOU N SK YOUR TEETH TO. AND BIS, WE N ALWAYS E MORE CIZEN TECTIV.POWERED BYJTWATCH19. WE’RE HERE (2020)IF YOU PREFER SHOWS THAT WILL TUG AT YOUR HEARTSTRGS, WE’RE HERE IS ONE YOU SHOULDN’T MISS. STARRG DRAG RACE ALUMNI BOB THE DRAG QUEEN, EUREKA O’HARA, AND SHANGELA, THIS AWARD-WNG REALY SERI FOLLOWS THE TR TO SMALL TOWNS ACROSS AMERI AS THEY REC LOLS TO STAR A ONE-NIGHT-ONLY SHOW—AND DISPEL HARMFUL STEREOTYP ALONG THE WAY. POWERED BYJTWATCH18. EUPHORIA (2019)MOST POPULAR25 PERFECT TV EPISOS FROM THE LAST 25 YEARSBY HILLARY BISSARA RAMIREZ ISSU STHG RPONSE TO ANTI–CHE DIAZ PROFILEBY SAVANNAH WALSHIS IT TIME TO GET EXCED ABOUT THE BACHELOR AGA?BY SAVANNAH WALSHWHAT ELSE IS THERE TO SAY ABOUT HBO’S HYPERSTYLIZED TEEN DRAMA? EUPHORIA FOLLOWS AN ENSEMBLE LED BY ZENDAYA, HUNTER SCHAFER, AND JAB ELORDI AS THEY AL WH EVERY ISSUE UNR THE SUN. AT S HEART, THOUGH, ARE RELATNSHIPS SO RAW THEY ARE NSTANTLY G APART AT THE SEAMS. IT’S FAR OM A SHOW FOR EVERYONE, BUT THE SPECIAL EPISOS RELEASED 2020 AND 2021 ARE, AT LEAST, BETIFUL SHOWS OF THE SERI AT S BT.POWERED BYJTWATCH17. DICKSON (2019)THIS ANACHRONISTIC LIGHT PICTS EY DICKSON’S LIFE AS HER WRG LEADS HER TO N UP AGAST GENR ROL, SEXUAL INTY, AND OTHER STANDARDS OF HER ERA. THE SERI STARS HAILEE STEFELD, AND S BEATG HEART IS DICKSON’S RELATNSHIP WH SUE (ELLA HUNT), HER BT IEND TURNED SISTER--LAW, WHOM SHE RECKONS WH EVER-EVOLVG FEELGS FOR. WH GUT STARS CLUDG JOHN MULANEY (AS HENRY DAVID THORE), ZIWE (AS SOJOURNER TTH), AND BILLY EICHNER (AS WALT WHMAN), WHAT’S NOT TO LOVE?POWERED BYJTWATCH16. SCHT’S CREEK (2015)MOST POPULAR25 PERFECT TV EPISOS FROM THE LAST 25 YEARSBY HILLARY BISSARA RAMIREZ ISSU STHG RPONSE TO ANTI–CHE DIAZ PROFILEBY SAVANNAH WALSHIS IT TIME TO GET EXCED ABOUT THE BACHELOR AGA?BY SAVANNAH WALSHIF YOU DON’T ALREADY LOVE SCHT’S CREEK, YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO DO. (OR SOMEONE WHOSE MOM DO.) THE SHOW, WHICH STARTED AS A SMALL CANADIAN S, BEME SUCH A PHENOMENON S FAL SEASONS THAT SWEPT ALL SEVEN MAJOR EDY TEGORI AT THE 2020 EMMYS. IT FOLLOWS THE ONCE WEALTHY ROSE FAY (EUGENE LEVY, CATHERE O’HARA, DAN LEVY, AND ANNIE MURPHY) AS THEY RELOTE TO A SMALL TOWN—AND ’S SIMPLY THE BT.POWERED BYJTWATCH15. HACKS (2021)JEAN SMART STARS AS A LEGENDARY STAND-UP EDIAN WHOSE FADG LEGACY MANDS SHE TAKE A YOUNGER WRER, PLAYED BY HANNAH EBR, UNR HER WG. THE TWO HAVE AN ELECTRIC CHEMISTRY, AND THEIR EXPLOS TAKE THEM ACROSS AMERI AS THEY NONT THE WORST PARTS OF THEIR PASTS. (AND SURVIVE A LBIAN CISE.) CARL CLEMONS-HOPKS, KAL OLSON, PL W. DOWNS, AND MEGAN STALTER ROUND OUT THE EXCEPTNAL ST.POWERED BYJTWATCH14. VENENO (2020)MOST POPULAR25 PERFECT TV EPISOS FROM THE LAST 25 YEARSBY HILLARY BISSARA RAMIREZ ISSU STHG RPONSE TO ANTI–CHE DIAZ PROFILEBY SAVANNAH WALSHIS IT TIME TO GET EXCED ABOUT THE BACHELOR AGA?BY SAVANNAH WALSHVENENO IS A POWERFUL LIMED SERI THAT SPOTLIGHTS JT HOW VIBRANT AND RILIENT THE QUEER MUNY IS. BASED ON THE TE STORY OF SPANISH TRANS IN CRISTA ORTIZ RODRíGUEZ, BETTER KNOWN AS LA VENENO, THE SERI LV TO THE PLEXI OF GENR INTY AND SEXUALY, SHOWSG THE CHALLENG FACED BY TRANS DIVIDUALS WHILE CELEBRATG THEIR TRIUMPHS. IT’S A MT-WATCH FOR ANYONE—PECIALLY GIVEN THE CURRENT WAR AGAST TRANSGENR RIGHTS.POWERED BYJTWATCH13. LOS ESPOOKYS (2019)PERHAPS THE MOST LIGHTFULLY QUIRKY SHOW ON THIS LIST, LOS ESPOOKYS IS AN UTTERLY ORIGAL EDY THAT EMBRAC THE ABSURD. IT FOLLOWS A GROUP OF IENDS A FICTNAL LAT AMERIN UNTRY WHO TURN THEIR LOVE FOR HORROR TO A BS—ALL THE WHILE SEAMLSLY WEAVG QUEER CHARACTERS AND STEREOTYPE-FYG STORYL TO THE FABRIC OF S HUMOR. ANDRéS (JUL TORR) IS PUTTG UP WH THE FUTURE HBAND HIS PARENTS CHOSE FOR HIM. TATI (ANA FABREGA) NAVIGAT BOTH HER ROMANTIC RELATNSHIPS AND HER ROLE THE GROUP WH CREDIBLE, DIM-WTED CHARM. OH, AND DID WE MENTN STS KIM PETRAS AS SECRETARY OF STATE? POWERED BYJTWATCH12. GENTLEMAN JACK (2019)MOST POPULAR25 PERFECT TV EPISOS FROM THE LAST 25 YEARSBY HILLARY BISSARA RAMIREZ ISSU STHG RPONSE TO ANTI–CHE DIAZ PROFILEBY SAVANNAH WALSHIS IT TIME TO GET EXCED ABOUT THE BACHELOR AGA?BY SAVANNAH WALSHGENTLEMAN JACK IS A RARE HISTORIL DRAMA THAT SH A SPOTLIGHT ON A REAL QUEER FIGURE. IT’S FOCED ON THE LIFE OF ANNE LISTER (SURANNE JON), A 19TH-CENTURY ENGLISH WOMAN WHO HERED HER UNCLE'S TATE. THE SERI FEARLSLY EXPLOR ANNE’S LIFE AS A LBIAN WOMAN NAVIGATG A SOCIETY THAT REF TO ACCEPT HER. THROUGH HER UNAPOLOGETIC CHARACTER—AND HER CHARACTER’S DANGERO LOVE AFFAIR WH ANN WALKER (SOPHIE RUNDLE)—GENTLEMAN JACK SHEDS LIGHT ON A HIDN PART OF HISTORY THROUGH THE LENS OF A N’T-LOOK-AWAY DRAMA.POWERED BYJTWATCH11. INTERVIEW WH THE VAMPIRE (2022)THIS H ADAPTATN OF ANNE RICE’S 1976 NOVEL WAS ONE OF 2022’S BT TV SHOWS. THE SERI, STARRG JAB ANRSON AND SAM REID, IS A GOTHIC TOUR FORCE; CENTERS ON THE LIFE OF LOUIS POTE DU LAC (ANRSON) AS HE RELLS BEG SCED AND TURNED TO A VAMPIRE BY THE ADLY LTAT LNURT (REID). UNLIKE THE 1994 FILM, INTERVIEW WH THE VAMPIRE EMBRAC THE QUEER ELEMENTS OF THE STORY, MAKG S CENTRAL RELATNSHIP AS BETIFUL AND PASSNATE AS IS TOXIC.POWERED BYJTWATCH10. OUR FLAG MEANS DEATH (2022)MOST POPULAR25 PERFECT TV EPISOS FROM THE LAST 25 YEARSBY HILLARY BISSARA RAMIREZ ISSU STHG RPONSE TO ANTI–CHE DIAZ PROFILEBY SAVANNAH WALSHIS IT TIME TO GET EXCED ABOUT THE BACHELOR AGA?BY SAVANNAH WALSHKNOWG THAT RHYS DARBY AND TAIKA WAI PORTRAY TWO PIRAT WHO FALL LOVE SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO NVCE YOU TO WATCH THIS TELEVISN SHOW, BUT WHAT IF I TOLD YOU THAT THE RT OF THE ST IS JT AS CHARMG? OUR FLAG MEANS DEATH IS LOOSELY BASED ON THE LIFE OF STE BON (DARBY), A WELL-TO-DO ARISTOCRAT WHO TURNS TO PIRACY BEE, WELL, HE FEELS LIKE . THE SERI FOLLOWS HIS CREW AS THEY STGGLE TO SURVIVE AT SEA AND EARN THE REPUTATNS THEY SIRE. WH A SEND SEASON ON THE WAY, N THEY KEEP SUCH A GOOD THG GOG? ONLY TIME WILL TELL.POWERED BYJTWATCH9. RUPL’S DRAG RACE (2009)STARTG RUPL’S DRAG RACE IS AN UNRTAKG THAT WILL TAKE YOU WELL BEYOND PRI MONTH. THE EMMY-WNG SERI, WHICH NCLUD S 15TH SEASON THIS YEAR, HAS BEEN AN UNRIVALED FORCE HELPG DRAG CROSS OVER TO THE MASTREAM. LEGENDARY PERFORMERS LIKE ALYSSA EDWARDS, SASHA COLBY, AND TRIXIE MATTEL HAVE WALKED THE NWAY, AND THOUGH SOME SEASONS ARE BETTER THAN OTHERS, ’S IMPOSSIBLE TO QUANTIFY THE IMPACT THE SHOW HAS HAD ON A GENERATN OF QUEER PEOPLE. NO, ISN’T PERFECT BY ANY MEANS. BUT ’S PRETTY DAMN ENTERTAG.PRO TIP: IF THE SHOW’S ORIGAL FILTER SR YOU OFF, TRY STARTG OM SEASON FOUR.POWERED BYJTWATCH8. THE LAST OF US (2023)MOST POPULAR25 PERFECT TV EPISOS FROM THE LAST 25 YEARSBY HILLARY BISSARA RAMIREZ ISSU STHG RPONSE TO ANTI–CHE DIAZ PROFILEBY SAVANNAH WALSHIS IT TIME TO GET EXCED ABOUT THE BACHELOR AGA?BY SAVANNAH WALSHDPE THE BLEAK WORLD THE SERI TAK PLACE , HBO’S ADAPTATN OF THE LAST OF US OFFERED UP SOME OF THIS YEAR’S MOST POIGNANT MOMENTS. JOEL (PEDRO PASL) AND ELLIE’S (BELLA RAMSEY) QUT FOR SURVIVAL ANCHORS THE ZOMBIE TALE, BUT THE SHOW’S WAY OF VELOPG SI CHARACTERS SUCH AS KATHLEEN (MELANIA LYNSKEY), BILL (NICK OFFERMAN), AND FRANK (MURRAY BARTLETT) IS WHAT MA S FIRST SEASON A PHENOMENON. JT MAKE SURE YOU HAVE TISSU HANDY.POWERED BYJTWATCH7. THE HNTG OF BLY MANOR (2020)THE QUEER LOVE STORY THE SEND STALLMENT OF NETFLIX’S HNTG ANTHOLOGY SNEAKS UP ON YOU, AND THAT’S PRECISELY WHAT MAK SO POTENT. THE HNTG OF BLY MANOR, BASED ON THE WORKS OF HENRY JAM, TELLS THE STORY OF THOSE UGHT THE SUPERNATURAL GOGS-ON OF THE EPONYMO MANOR. VICTORIA PEDRETTI PLAYS DANI, AN AMERIN WOMAN WHO FLE TRAGEDY AND BEGS WORKG AS AN PAIR FOR THE CHILDREN WHO LIVE THERE. OTHERS UGHT THE MANOR’S TRAGIC WEB CLU THE HOEKEEPER (T’NIA MILLER), THE GARNER (AMELIA EVE), AND THE OK (RAHUL KOHLI). TELLG YOU HOW, EXACTLY, WOULD THE FUN.POWERED BYJTWATCH6. A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN (2022)MOST POPULAR25 PERFECT TV EPISOS FROM THE LAST 25 YEARSBY HILLARY BISSARA RAMIREZ ISSU STHG RPONSE TO ANTI–CHE DIAZ PROFILEBY SAVANNAH WALSHIS IT TIME TO GET EXCED ABOUT THE BACHELOR AGA?BY SAVANNAH WALSHAN ADAPTATN OF THE 1992 FILM OF THE SAME NAME, A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN STARS ABBI JABSON, D'ARCY CARN, AND CHANTé ADAMS AS PLAYERS FOR THE WORLD WAR II–ERA ROCKFORD PEACH. THE SERI EXPLOR QUEERNS, RACE, AND GENR INTY WAYS THE FILM SHIED AWAY OM (SPOILER ALERT: JABSON’S CARSON HAS A PASSNATE AFFAIR WH CARN’S GRETA), AND THE LONG-FORM NARRATIVE GIV MORE TEAM MEMBERS SPACE TO VELOP. AN ADD BON? IT’S ONE OF THE FUNNIT SHOWS STREAMG NOW.POWERED BYJTWATCH5. IT’S A S (2021)CREATED BY RSELL T DAVI (THE MD BEHD THE ORIGAL QUEER AS FOLK), IT’S A S FOLLOWS A GROUP OF GAY MEN AND THEIR IENDS DURG THE AIDS CRISIS. THE MISERI TAK PLACE OVER THE SPAN OF A , TAILG EACH CHARACTER’S ATTEMPT TO LIVE FULLY SPE THE THREAT THAT SEEMS TO CIRCLE EVER CLOSER. OLLY ALEXANR STARS, LYDIA WT SH, AND CALLUM STT HOWELLS WILL BREAK YOUR HEART.POWERED BYJTWATCH4. POSE (2018)MOST POPULAR25 PERFECT TV EPISOS FROM THE LAST 25 YEARSBY HILLARY BISSARA RAMIREZ ISSU STHG RPONSE TO ANTI–CHE DIAZ PROFILEBY SAVANNAH WALSHIS IT TIME TO GET EXCED ABOUT THE BACHELOR AGA?BY SAVANNAH WALSHTHIS GROUNDBREAKG SERI STARRG MICHAELA JAé RODRIGUEZ, BILLY PORTER, DOMIQUE JACKSON, AND INDYA MOORE (AMONG MANY OTHERS) IS SET THE WORLD OF NEW YORK’S UNRGROUND BALL CULTURE. IT PORTRAYS THE STGGL AND CELEBRATNS OF LARGER-THAN-LIFE CHARACTERS LOOSELY SPIRED BY THOSE WHO FED QUEERNS FOR A GENERATN—AND RARELY DO A SHOW BALANCE DARKNS AND LIGHT AS WELL AS THIS ONE. (SEE: SEASON TWO’S “NEVER KNEW LOVE LIKE THIS BEFORE.”) POSE, MUCH LIKE S CHARACTERS, IS TLY ONE OF A KD.POWERED BYJTWATCH3. HEARTSTOPPER (2022)IF YOU NEED A SHOW THAT FEELS LIKE A WARM HUG, LOOK NO FURTHER. HEARTSTOPPER TELLS THE STORY OF NICK (K CONNOR) AND CHARLIE (JOE LOCKE), TWO BOYS WHO FALL FOR EACH OTHER AFTER CROSSG PATHS AT SCHOOL. NICK, “A GBY PLAYER WH THE MEANOR OF A GOLN RETRIEVER,” HAS ALWAYS THOUGHT OF HIMSELF AS STRAIGHT, BUT HIS JOURNEY OF SELF-DISVERY NS ALONGSI CHARLIE’S QUT FOR A B OF SELF-NFINCE. IT ISN’T A SPOILER TO TELL YOU THAT THERE IS NO TRAGEDY HERE; NONE OF THE STUNTS AT THEIR BRISH ALL-BOYS SCHOOL VELOP A MYSTER ILLNS, NOR DO ANY OF THEIR IENDS SUDNLY VANISH. (PERHAPS THE MOST SHOCKG TWIST WHEN NICK’S MOTHER, PORTRAYED BY A CERTA CELEBRATED ACTOR, FIRST APPEARS ONSCREEN.) IT’S SWEET, ’S REHG, AND ’S ALREADY BEEN RENEWED FOR ANOTHER SEASON.POWERED BYJTWATCH2. WHAT WE DO THE SHADOWS (2019)MOST POPULAR25 PERFECT TV EPISOS FROM THE LAST 25 YEARSBY HILLARY BISSARA RAMIREZ ISSU STHG RPONSE TO ANTI–CHE DIAZ PROFILEBY SAVANNAH WALSHIS IT TIME TO GET EXCED ABOUT THE BACHELOR AGA?BY SAVANNAH WALSHWHAT WE DO THE SHADOWS IS A BRILLIANT SHOW ON MULTIPLE ONTS: IT’S A HILAR MOCKUMENTARY-STYLE EDY; FTLY RPORAT QUEER INTI; AND PROV THAT SOME PEOPLE REALLY DO JT SUCK THE FUN OUT OF A ROOM. THE SERI FOLLOWS A GROUP OF ECCENTRIC VAMPIR AND THEIR FAIAR AS THEY NAVIGATE THE MORN WORLD. GUILLERMO, THE LOYAL HUMAN PLAYED BY HARVEY GUILLéN, IS A PARTICULAR BRIGHT SPOT AS HE EMBARKS ON A JOURNEY OF SELF-DISVERY AND GRAPPL WH HIS OWN INTY AND SEXUALY. POWERED BYJTWATCH1. THE OTHER TWO (2019)NO SHOW HAS S FGER ON THE PULSE QUE LIKE THE OTHER TWO DO. THE SERI REVOLV AROUND TWO SIBLGS, CARY (DREW TARVER) AND BROOKE (HELéNE YORKE), WHOSE LIV ARE UPEND WHEN THEIR TEENAGE BROTHER BE AN OVERNIGHT SENSATN. OVER THREE SEASONS, THE TWO RECKON WH FAME, LOVE, AND WHAT MEANS TO BE A SEMI-NOTABLE GAY PERSON ON SOCIAL MEDIA. IN ONE EPISO, CARY IS TOO VA TO SEE LOVERS (TUC WATKS AND NOAH GALV) POSG AS A FATHER AND SON FOR WHAT THEY ARE. IN ANOTHER, BROOKE TRI SPERATELY TO ATTEND THE EXCLIVE UNVEILG OF “A NEW HADID SISTER.” ITS HUMOR IS WHIP-SMART, S EMOTNAL BEATS ARE BTALLY CUTTG, AND MOLLY SHANNON’S PAT DUBEK IS A REVELATN. IF YOU HAVEN’T FALLEN UNR S SPELL YET, NOW IS CERTALY THE TIME.POWERED BYJTWATCHMORE GREAT STORI FROM VANY FAIRRILEY KEOUGH ON GROWG UP PRLEY, INHERG GRACELAND, AND MORETE CRIME, TE FAH: THE SERIAL KILLER AND THE TEXAS MOM WHO STOPPED HIMTHE TAN SUBMERSIBLE DISASTER WAS YEARS THE MAKG, NEW DETAILS REVEALWHY THE GEIA INDICTMENT AGAST TMP AND HIS ALLI IS THE MOST SWEEPG YETIVANKA TMP IS NOT LETTG HER DAD’S MOUNTG LEGAL WO RU HER SUMMER25 PERFECT TV EPISOS FROM THE LAST 25 YEARSA NEW SLIM AARONS BOOK CAPTUR A LOST WORLDFROM THE ARCHIVE: TOO HEPBURN FOR HOLLYWOOD (2006)TYLER BREFELLER

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THE 12 GAYT MEN SHOW BIZ HISTORY, FROM PL LYN TO BILLY PORTERALSO: EVERY SUNDAY, THE BOYS TAKE OFF THE EAST {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY MICHAEL MTOMAY 27, 2019/10:57 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:2000PX;WIDTH:3000PX;}SANTIAGO FELIPE/FILMMAGICNEW YORK, NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 12: ACTOR BILLY PORTER ATTENDS THE BLONDS FALL / WTER 2019 NWAY SHOW AT SPRG STUDS ON FEBARY 12, 2019 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY SANTIAGO FELIPE/FILMMAGIC)BY MICHAEL MTOMAY 27, 2019 / 10:57 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"THE 12 GAYT MEN SHOW BIZ HISTORY, FROM PL LYN TO BILLY PORTER","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-05-27T14:57:51.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-05-27T14:57:51.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"MICHAEL MTO","KEYWORDS":"MTO UNFILTERED","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE GLTERY, LET’S-PRETEND WORLD OF SHOW BIZ SEEMS TO ATTRACT A LOT OF GAY MEN, WHETHER THEY’RE , OUT, OR HALFWAY THERE. AND MANY OF THEM HAVE BROUGHT JOY THROUGH THE S WH THEIR TEMPTUO TALENT AND IRREPRSIBLE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HERE ARE MY PICKS FOR THE DOZEN GAYT OF ALL, PLETE WH SOME WELL-ACCSORIZED NNER-UPS. I’M NOT CLUDG FASHN SIGNERS (TOO EASY) OR NEWSSTERS, JT ENTERTAMENT FIGUR—AND I AM CLUDG SOME MEN WHO WERE SO GAY THEY SCREAMED , EVEN IF THEY DIDN’T ALWAYS SAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PL LYN (1926-82)ABC PHOTO ARCHIV/ABC VIA GETTY IMAGUNITED STATES - AUGUST 14: THE DATING GAME - 8/14/72, PL LYN ON "THE DATG GAME"., (PHOTO BY ABC PHOTO ARCHIV/ABC VIA GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WH HIS BARBED LIVERY OF A LE FOLLOWED BY A WICKED LTLE CHUCKLE, PL LYN WAS THE EPOME OF GAY—AN UNSPOKEN SHRE TO HOMOSEXUALY BACK WHEN NO ONE WAS OUT. IT WAS ALL ABOUT HTS AND NUENDOS. LYN WAS A SCREAM AS THE ANGSTY FATHER BYE BYE BIRDIE (SGG THE BTER “KIDS,” THOUGH I NEVER UNRSTOOD HOW HE HAD ANY), THE MPY UNCLE ARTHUR ON THE GAY-IENDLY S BEWCHED, AND THE CIDLY OFF-CENTER CENTER SQUARE ON THE GAME SHOW HOLLYWOOD SQUAR (“WHY DO THE HELL’S ANGELS WEAR LEATHER?” LYN: “BEE CHIFFON WRKL EASILY.”) IN LI OF OUT GAY HERO, WE HAD PL LYN FLAPPG HIS WRISTS AND VIRTUALLY WELG SI HIS CLOSET WHILE SLAMMG THE DOOR OUR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ANOTHER FAB FLAMER WHO SPANNED BOTH THEATER, TV SERI, AND GAME SHOWS WAS THE EXTREMELY FUNNY CHARL NELSON REILLY (1931-2007), WHO SHOOK UP THE MATCH GAME WH HIS GTUR AND POLYTER PRTS. AND THE OTHER NNERS UP ARE JIM NABORS, JIM J. BULLOCK, JIM PARSONS, BCE VILANCH, TAYLOR NEGRON, AND QUEER EYE GUYS PAST AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RUPL (1960-)CHELSEA GUGLIELMO/GETTY IMAGLOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 30: RUPL SPEAKS ONSTAGE DURG 3RD ANNUAL RUPL'S DRAGCON DAY 2 AT LOS ANGEL CONVENTN CENTER ON APRIL 30, 2017 LOS ANGEL, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY CHELSEA GUGLIELMO/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“YOU BETTER WORK!” “WE’RE ALL BORN NAKED. THE RT IS DRAG.” “IF YOU DON’T LOVE YOURSELF, HOW THE HELL YOU GONNA LOVE SOMEBODY ELSE?” “DON’T LET YOUR MOUTH WRE CHECKS THAT YOUR ASS N’T SH.” “SISSY THAT WALK!" ENOUGH SAID? GAY, GAY, GAY!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OTHER LEGENDARY DRAG SUPERSTARS CLU CHARL LUDLAM, CHARL PIERCE, JIM BAILEY, LORI SHANNON, CHARL BCH, LYPSKA, AND EVERY DRAG RACE NTTANT WHO EVER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GEE TAKEI (1937-)FRERICK M. BROWN/GETTY IMAGPASADENA, CA - JANUARY 21: ACTOR GEE TAKEI SPEAKS ONSTAGE DURG THE 'PNEERS OF TELEVISN, SEASON 4, "ACTG FUNNY", "BREAKG BARRIERS", "DOCTORS AND NURS", AND "STANDUP TO S" ' PANEL DISCSN AT THE PBS PORTN OF THE 2014 WTER TELEVISN CRICS ASSOCIATN TOUR AT LANGHAM HOTEL ON JANUARY 21, 2014 PASANA, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY FRERICK M. BROWN/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HAVG SURVIVED EARLY YEARS SPENT A JAPANE-AMERIN TERNMENT MP, TAKEI MIRACULOLY EMERGED NOT ONLY AS A NOTED ACTOR (BT KNOWN AS SULU STAR TREK), BUT AS A VOL GAY WHO ME OUT 2005 AND HAS BEEN BLISSFULLY OUTSPOKEN FAVOR OF THE QUEER E EVER SCE. WH 2.87 LN TWTER FOLLOWERS (AS OF PUBLITN), TAKEI SENDS OUT STGGLY ON-TARGET MSAG, SATIRIL THOUGHTS (“TMP HAS OFFERED TO HAVE MEXI PAY FOR THE REBUILDG OF NOTRE DAME”) AND PICTUR OF HIMSELF AND HIS HBAND WH PETE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ELTON JOHN (1947-)ANDREW H. WALKER/GETTY IMAG FOR DCPNEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 31: ELTON JOHN PERFORMS ON DICK CLARK'S NEW YEAR'S ROCK' EVE WH RYAN SEACRT 2015 ON DECEMBER 31, 2014 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY ANDREW H. WALKER/GETTY IMAG FOR DCP){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WE’LL FIVE SIR ELTON’S MARRIAGE TO A WOMAN 1984. AFTER ALL, EVEN HE ADMS HE WAS NYG WHO HE REALLY WAS BY ENTERG TO . EXCEPT FOR OCSNAL TOURS LIKE THAT, THE BRISH SGER HAS ALWAYS BEEN FLASHY, TRASHY, AND TE, WH LARGE SUNGLASS AND BOAS TO MATCH THE GRANDSY OF HIS CREDIBLY TCHY H RERDS. WRG THE SRE FOR 1994’S THE LN KG (WHICH LATER BEME A SMASH BROADWAY SHOW AND NOW A CGI REMAKE) GAVE HIM A WHOLE NEW LEGIMACY, AND NOW, WH HIS BPIC ROCKETMAN ABOUT TO BE RELEASED, HE’S PRACTILLY AS REVERED AS THE QUEEN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HONORABLE MENTNS TO FREDDIE MERCURY, THE VILLAGE PEOPLE, BOY GEE, JIMMY SOMERVILLE, ANDY BELL, GEE MICHAEL, JOBRIATH, LANCE BASS, ADAM LAMBERT, SYLVTER, AND RUDOLF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DIVE (1945-88)MONDADORI PORTFOL VIA GETTY IMAGAMERIN ACTOR AND SGER HARRIS GLENN MILSTEAD AS CHARACTER DIVE SG SHOWG A LICE SHAMPOO ON THE SET OF THE FILM PK FLAMGOS. 1972. (PHOTO BY MONDADORI PORTFOL VIA GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN A SK-TIGHT RED DRS, WH IMPOSSIBLY RAISED EYEBROWS AND TORTURED YELLOW HAIR, DIVE WAS QUE A SIGHT AS THE PL-SIZED VILLAO VIXEN JOHN WATERS’ PK FLAMGOS (1972). SHE WENT ON TO OTHER BRAZEN HILARY WATERS FILMS LIKE FEMALE TROUBLE, RETURNG FOR A SYMPATHETIC TURN THE MUCH MORE SOCIALLY NSC CLASSIC HAIRSPRAY, WHILE ALSO VENTURG TO TRIBAL DANCE MIC AND OTHER UNEXPECTED TURNS. DIVVY (BORN HARRIS GLENN MILSTEAD BALTIMORE, OF URSE) WAS ABOUT TO PLAY A MALE ROLE ON MARRIED WH CHILDREN WHEN HE DIED, BARELY ABLE TO ABSORB THE NEW PRAISE OM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TMAN CAPOTE (1924-84)KEYSTONE/GETTY IMAGAMERIN WRER TMAN CAPOTE (1924 - 1984), THE THOR OF 'BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S' MILAN NEGOTIATG A NTRACT FOR HIS NEW NONFICTN NOVEL 'IN COLD BLOOD'. (PHOTO BY KEYSTONE/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE NEW ORLEANS-BORN THOR HAD RANGE, VEERG OM THE CLASSIC SOCIAL-CLIMBG NOVELLA BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S TO THE CHILLG NON-FICTN NOVEL IN COLD BLOOD. HE ALSO HAD AN IMABLE STYLE, THAT OF A PRISSY, ELF MAN WH A SQUEAKY VOICE THAT YOU ULDN’T MAKE UP IF YOU TRIED. UNSELFNSCLY APPEARG ON VAR TALK SHOWS, HE BEME A WILDLY POPULAR CULTURAL FIGURE AND AN SPIRATN TO GAYS HOPG TO MAKE WHOUT WATERG DOWN THEIR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SIARLY, REX REED IS A BREEZY WRER WHO MPED UP ON TV’S THE GONG SHOW AND AS MYRON THE 1970 MOVIE OF GORE VIDAL’S TRANS BOOK MYRA BRECKRIDGE. OH, AND VIDAL RANKS HIGH ON THIS LIST, TOO, ALONG WH OSR WIL, NOEL COWARD, AND TENNSEE WILLIAMS, THOUGH NONE OF THE WRERS IS AS GAY AS LTLE OLD ME!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LIBERACE (1919-87)SONIA MOSKOWZ/IMAGES/GETTY IMAGNEW YORK, NY - CIRCA 1984: LIBERACE CIR 1984 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY SONIA MOSKOWZ/IMAGES/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LIBERACE DIDN’T SAY HE WAS GAY—EVEN WHEN HIS EX-BOYIEND STT THORSON SUED HIM FOR PALIMONY—AND FACT, HE SUED A MAGAZE THAT DARED TO ASSERT THAT HE WAS ONE OF , AND HE WON! WHAT’S MORE, WHEN LIBERACE ME DOWN WH HIV, HE CLAIMED HE’D SIMPLY LOST WEIGHT AS THE RULT OF A WATERMELON DIET. BUT STILL, THIS WAS THE GAYT MAN EVER SHOW BIZ—MAYBE EVER ON EARTH—GLTERG OM HEAD TO TOE (CLUDG HIS MEGAWATT SE), AS HE TKLED CLASSIL DTI ON THE IVORI FOR AN ADORG DIENCE OF CLUELS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A MAMA’S BOY, WLADZIU VALENTO LIBERACE WAS ALSO A BIG QUEER WHO, WHEN I TERVIEWED HIM 1985, TOLD ME A RNCHY JOKE ABOUT A “TRANSVTE” WH A BIG DICK, A TIDB I FELT HE OFFERED AS A SUBTLE NOD TO OUR SHARED SEXUALY. EVEN WHEN HE WAS SICK, “LEE” KEPT PERFORMG AN ELABORATE FASHN, LUXURIATG JEWELS, SHOWMANSHIP, AND A SHEER LOVE OF THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALLAN CARR (1937-99)FRANK EDWARDS/FOTOS INTERNATNAL/GETTY IMAGAMERIN PRODUCER ALLAN CARR (1937 - 1999), ACTOR AND SGER OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN, HER SISTER RONA, AND AMERIN ACTOR JEFF CONAWAY, ATTEND THE PREMIERE PARTY FOR 'AMERIN HOT WAX', DIRECTED BY FLOYD MUTX, MARCH 1978. (PHOTO BY FRANK EDWARDS/FOTOS INTERNATNAL/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SWANNG AROUND LORFUL FTANS, CARR (PICTURED ABOVE ON THE LEFT) BEME THE OSTENTAT PRODUCER OF HS LIKE GREASE, THOUGH HIS FLOPS (CAN’T STOP THE MIC, GREASE 2, WHERE THE BOYS ARE ’84) MAY HAVE BEEN EVEN MORE FASCATG. SURROUNDG HIMSELF WH HOT YOUNG GAY MEN AT HOLLYWOOD POOL PARTI, CARR WAS AS LARGER-THAN-LIFE AS HIS BRAND, THOUGH HIS JOB HELMG THE 1989 OSRS—THE ONE WH ROB LOWE AND SNOW WHE WOEFULLY DUETTG ON “PROUD MARY”—BEME LEGENDARY FOR ALL THE WRONG REASONS. CARR MAY NOT HAVE BEEN THAT PROUD A MARY HIMSELF, BUT THE FACT REMAS THAT HE WAS GAYER THAN ALL OF TSELTOWN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BILLY PORTER (1969-)DAN MACMEDAN/GETTY IMAGHOLLYWOOD, CA - FEBRUARY 24: BILLY PORTER ATTENDS THE 91ST ANNUAL AMY AWARDS AT HOLLYWOOD AND HIGHLAND ON FEBARY 24, 2019 HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY DAN MACMEDAN/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A FE SGER-ACTOR, BILLY HAS LONG BEEN OUT, PROUD, AND VOL. HE WON THE TONY FOR KKY BOOTS, AND WHEN I ASKED HIM AT THE TIME WHAT WAS GOG TO BE LIKE TO PLAY THE CHARACTER HARVEY FIERSTE TEND AS STRAIGHT, BILLY GAVE ME AN EARFUL; HE HAD NO TENTN OF PLAYG LOLA STRAIGHT, THANK YOU. ADD HIS WILD SUCCS ON POSE AND HIS GENR NONNFORMG OUTF THAT STOLE THE OSRS, AND BILLY IS THE MAN OF OUR GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALSO: NATHAN LANE AND CHRISTOPHER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALAN SU (1926-2011)KEV WTER/GETTY IMAGLOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 21: ACTOR ALAN SU PRENTS THE OUTSTANDG VARIETY, MIC OR COMEDY SERI AWARD ONSTAGE DURG THE 60TH PRIMETIME EMMY AWARDS HELD AT NOKIA THEATRE ON SEPTEMBER 21, 2008 LOS ANGEL, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY KEV WTER/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON THE TOPIL SKETCH EDY SHOW ROWAN AND MART’S LGH-IN, ALAN SU WAS A RT, PLAYG OUT-THERE CHARACTERS LIKE AN EFFEMATE SPORTSSTER NAMED BIG AL WHO OBSSIVELY RANG HIS LTLE BELL, AND ALSO A DU WHO SWAGGERS TO A WILD WT BAR, ALL BOWLEGGED AND MANLY, ONLY TO MPILY ORR A OZEN DAIQUIRI. SU WAS AS GAY AS IKEA ON SUPER BOWL SUNDAY, THOUGH HE HID AN OPPOSE-SEX MARRIAGE FOR A WHILE, AND NEVER ME OUT ON THE RERD. BUT BENEATH HIS WONRFUL MANNERISMS, SU WAS NOT ONLY GAY, HE HAD A GAY SOUL. IN FACT, HE REPORTEDLY STARTED FEELG THAT THE MATERIAL HE WAS GIVEN TO DO ON THE SHOW WAS HOMOPHOBIC. IF HE HAD BEEN BORN LATER, HE WOULD NO DOUBT HAVE BEEN WAY MORE OF AN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALSO: MAR CANTONE, WAYLAND FLOWERS, AND EDWARD EVERETT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LLIE JORDAN (1955-)JASON LAVERIS/FILMMAGICBEVERLY HILLS, CA - DECEMBER 04: ACTOR LLIE JORDAN ATTENDS THE TREVORLIVE LOS ANGEL 2016 FUNDRAISER AT THE BEVERLY HILTON HOTEL ON DECEMBER 4, 2016 BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY JASON LAVERIS/FILMMAGIC){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE CHATTANOOGA-BORN IC PIXIE IS A LONGTIME SCENE-STEALER—OM WILL & GRACE TO AMERIN HORROR STORY: COVEN—AND HE’S ALWAYS BEEN MARVELOLY MOUTHY AS HIMSELF, AS WELL. WHENEVER I CHAT WH LLIE, I KNOW I’LL LGH MYSELF TO THE PROSTRATE POSN, THANKS TO HIS RACILY HILAR REVELATNS. 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Queer Eye: Created by David Colls. Wh Ted Allen, Carson Krsley, Kyan Douglas, Thom Filicia. Five gay men try to improve the liv and nfince of straight men by givg them makeovers and advice." data-id="ma * gay men show *

For years, ranged, perverse, and spible homosexuals were on full display — pecially om Ryan Murphy, who remas our most proment culture czar when to queer characters on TV. But he’s also supplied at least one murro (ghostly) gay man on Amerin Horror Story and too many crazi on Nip/Tuck to unt. From the Roy Cohn-flected Army-McCarthy heargs — which was the first time many people heard the word “homosexual” uttered on TV — through the “don’t ask, don’t tell” Neti, that clud The Goln Girls and Digng Women, to our current glter-and-glam era of RuPl’s Drag Race and almost-anythg-go pansexualy.

When her straight male roommate’s twentysomethg girliend, Francis, qutns why Leila is so terrified to tell anyone that she has sex wh both men and women, Leila tells her ’s plited bee ’s “a gay thg. Adapted om gay director Jt Simien’s breakout film of the same name, about black llege stunts g to terms wh a “post-racial Ameri, ” the seri explor them of race, genr, and sexualy by skewerg jt about everyone for hypocrisy and double standards. In the send season, he manag to evolve beyond simple trop and is given space to explore his queer inty, cludg havg his heart broken by Silv (a self-scribed “Mexin Italian gay vers top otter pup”), fdg a boyiend (of sorts), and even beg rejected by another black man bee of his sk lor — provg that, spe all the talk of “muny, ” ’s never easy to fe lastg bonds.

Pl, managed to change many nservative viewpots the black muny — cludg Timbaland, who crafted the seri’ tchy origal tracks — and was a rare moment which a gay character of lor had so much visibily. Thomas manag to upend nventnal storyl and tackl everythg om mental illns to gay-guy/straight-girl iendships to the g-out procs.

Queer Eye: Created by David Colls. Wh Ted Allen, Carson Krsley, Kyan Douglas, Thom Filicia. Five gay men try to improve the liv and nfince of straight men by givg them makeovers and advice." data-id="ma * gay men show *

Matilda has high-functng tism, and some of the bt scen revolve around her explorg her fluid sexualy, while both girls embrace their gay half-brother’s relatnship failur as send nature.

An utter charmer about a gay, reverg addict edian (-creator Mae Mart) and a prevly straight teacher (Charlotte Richie) who fall eply, dangeroly love wh each other. Holm), hers some of origal-recipe Rob’s most memorable obssns and quirks — among other thgs, Simon is the one who giv the speech about patibily pendg on what you like, not what you are like — even as his story is very different, startg wh the fact that he and the new Rob break up bee he’s gay.

Queer Eye: Created by David Colls. Wh Ted Allen, Carson Krsley, Kyan Douglas, Thom Filicia. Five gay men try to improve the liv and nfince of straight men by givg them makeovers and advice." data-id="ma * gay men show *

The show, always handipped by expectatns would be the “gay Girls, ” never que found a large enough dience who tly embraced the sensive and slow-burng storytellg. And the fale’s most powerful subplot, he says the words “I’m gay” aloud — a first not only for him, but for a teen televisn character (and one played by an out actor Wilson Cz).

The entire n of this lightful throwback s has queer-iendly ntent, but particularly s first season (still streamg on Netflix, even though the latt season was ma for Pop), which slowly but refully charted the journey of Elena (Isabella Gomez), a Latx teen g to the realizatn that she’s gay, and gradually disverg how to tell her very Catholic fay about . K., who was technilly still an executive producer at the time — but one of the most important them is Tig tryg to fd a gay muny this part of the world where she feels fortable, and the growg csh she’s velopg on her apparently straight rad producer Kate (played by Notaro’s wife, Stephanie Allynne). The show plays to the gay-for-prison fantasy so many straight men seem to still harbor, but also shows how you n enjoy male-male timacy while also beg a harned badass.

Sure, told a story of maly urban gay whe men (the origal was set Manchter, U. Versn (set a much-gayer versn of Ptsburgh) wasted no time showg Brian (Gale Harold) and teenage Jt (Randy Harrison) the first male-on-male sex scene on Amerin televisn.

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