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longform-body css-woto36 ewisyje7"><style data-emotn="css hxci">{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;}} strong{font-fay:Charter,Geia,Tim,Serif;font-weight:bold;} em{font-style:alic;font-fay:Charter,Geia,Tim,Serif;}</style><p data-no-id="0" class="body-dropp css-hxci 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 aeyldl">{font-fay:Charter,Geia,Tim,Serif;font-size:1.1875rem;le-height:1.6;} strong{font-fay:Charter,Geia,Tim,Serif;font-weight:bold;} em{font-style:alic;font-fay:Charter,Geia,Tim,Serif;}</style><p data-no-id="1" class="css-aeyldl 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-aeyldl 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-aeyldl 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-vars-ga-lk-treatment="(not set) | (not set)" 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-product-brand="" data-vars-ga-product-retailer-id="ee63d34e-7623-4cdf-bcda-7f706da65446" data-vars-ga-product-sem3-brand="" 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-aeyldl 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-1sepnu9 e6iqd2">Liz Morris/SHOWTIME</span></figptn></div></div></div><p data-no-id="8" class="css-aeyldl 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-aeyldl 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-aeyldl 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-aeyldl et3p2gv0"><style data-emotn="css 1mgakr0">{-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;font-fay:Gilroy,Helveti,Arial,Sans-serif;text-transform:upperse;width:to;paddg:0.625rem 1.25rem;background-lor:#E61957;borr-radi:50rem;font-weight:bold;font-size:0.8125rem;le-height:1.3;letter-spacg:0.02em;text-align:center;}{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-vars-ga-lk-treatment="(not set) | (not set)" data-href=" data-product-url=" data-affiliate="te" data-affiliate-url=" data-affiliate-work="{}" data-vars-ga-product-price="$84.99" data-vars-ga-product-retailer-id="a4e1c6a5-aff3-4065-b415-4b7ae633379e" class="body-btn-lk product-lks-button css-1mgakr0 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-1sepnu9 e6iqd2">Kailey Schwerman/SHOWTIME</span></figptn></div></div></div><p data-no-id="14" class="body-text css-aeyldl 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-aeyldl 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-aeyldl 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-vars-ga-lk-treatment="(not set) | (not set)" data-href=" data-product-url=" data-affiliate="te" data-affiliate-url=" data-affiliate-work="{}" 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" class="body-btn-lk product-lks-button css-1mgakr0 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-1sepnu9 e6iqd2">Aaron Epste/HBO Max</span></figptn></div></div></div><p data-no-id="19" class="css-aeyldl 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-aeyldl 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-aeyldl 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-vars-ga-lk-treatment="(not set) | (not set)" data-href=" data-product-url=" data-affiliate="te" data-affiliate-url=" data-affiliate-work="{}" data-vars-ga-product-brand="" data-vars-ga-product-retailer-id="d63052e7-9e16-4592-940c-2e65d60a6396" data-vars-ga-product-sem3-brand="" class="body-btn-lk product-lks-button css-1mgakr0 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-1sepnu9 e6iqd2">Aimee Spks/Lookout Pot/HBO</span></figptn></div></div></div><p data-no-id="24" class="css-aeyldl 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-aeyldl 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-aeyldl 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-vars-ga-lk-treatment="(not set) | (not set)" data-href=" data-product-url=" data-affiliate="te" data-affiliate-url=" data-affiliate-work="{}" 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" class="body-btn-lk product-lks-button css-1mgakr0 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-1sepnu9 e6iqd2">Courty of HBO Max</span></figptn></div></div></div><p data-no-id="29" class="css-aeyldl 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-aeyldl 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-aeyldl 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-vars-ga-lk-treatment="(not set) | (not set)" data-href=" data-product-url=" data-affiliate="te" data-affiliate-url=" data-affiliate-work="{}" data-vars-ga-product-brand="" data-vars-ga-product-retailer-id="f68d403d-0496-4e6f-8d6b-b4db4a4a62" data-vars-ga-product-sem3-brand="" class="body-btn-lk product-lks-button css-1mgakr0 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-1sepnu9 e6iqd2">Courty of NETFLIX</span></figptn></div></div></div><p data-no-id="34" class="css-aeyldl 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-aeyldl 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-aeyldl et3p2gv0"><style data-emotn="css 17dphmw">{-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;font-fay:Gilroy,Helveti,Arial,Sans-serif;text-transform:upperse;width:to;paddg:0.625rem 1.25rem;background-lor:#E61957;borr-radi:50rem;font-weight:bold;font-size:0.8125rem;le-height:1.3;letter-spacg:0.02em;text-align:center;}{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-17dphmw 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-1sepnu9 e6iqd2">Brian Douglas/Netflix © 2022</span></figptn></div></div></div><p data-no-id="39" class="css-aeyldl 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-aeyldl 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-aeyldl 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-17dphmw 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-1sepnu9 e6iqd2">Michael Gibson/CBS ©2020 CBS Interactive, Inc.</span></figptn></div></div></div><p data-no-id="44" class="css-aeyldl 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-aeyldl 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-aeyldl et3p2gv0"><a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk="null$null$star%20trek%20disvery&gclid=Cj0KCQjwntCVBhDdARIsAMEwACmrJTh2vs-0KwODtEFnDwgPr6M7fA6n0Z1HWghFwc9kkmXqCsaJ0HsaAiJlEALw_wcB&;_ivgu=35b1624c-2765-40d6-b538-15541e1455" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="Watch Now" rel="nofollow" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-product-id="b9fd531a-2a87-4063-b154-ad8faec5df3c" data-vars-ga-lk-treatment="(not set) | (not set)" data-href="null$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-product-brand="" data-vars-ga-product-retailer-id="9a73ff8f-9c0d-460e-a518-1235f1b79d62" data-vars-ga-product-sem3-brand="" class="body-btn-lk product-lks-button css-1mgakr0 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-1sepnu9 e6iqd2">Courty of Apple</span></figptn></div></div></div><p data-no-id="49" class="css-aeyldl 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-vars-ga-lk-treatment="(not set) | (not set)" data-href=" data-product-url=" data-affiliate="te" data-affiliate-url=" data-affiliate-work="{}" data-vars-ga-product-brand="" data-vars-ga-product-retailer-id="eac0a7c2-f0f8-4615-83a3-8973c0c14d93" data-vars-ga-product-sem3-brand="" class="body-lk product-lks css-9cezh6 ebsw2pb0"><u>was announced April</u></a>.</p><p data-no-id="50" class="css-aeyldl 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-vars-ga-lk-treatment="(not set) | (not set)" data-href=" data-product-url=" data-affiliate="te" data-affiliate-url=" data-affiliate-work="{}" data-vars-ga-product-brand="" data-vars-ga-product-retailer-id="a20fb7b4-f712-4db1-a188-a8121d799e1f" data-vars-ga-product-sem3-brand="" class="body-btn-lk product-lks-button css-1mgakr0 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-1sepnu9 e6iqd2">Mayra Ortiz/NETFLIX</span></figptn></div></div></div><p data-no-id="53" class="css-aeyldl 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-aeyldl 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-aeyldl 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-17dphmw 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-1sepnu9 e6iqd2">Saima Khalid/Peack</span></figptn></div></div></div><p data-no-id="58" class="css-aeyldl 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-aeyldl 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. It’s a rehg remr that years after the origal <em>The</em> <em>L Word</em>, televisn is slowly explorg the tersectns of what means to be a queer person of lor who’s movg agast the gra their own culture. </p><p data-no-id="60" class="css-aeyldl 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="78b4ac3b-49d8-4db1-be05-fc345244cd08" data-vars-ga-lk-treatment="(not set) | (not set)" data-href=" data-product-url=" data-affiliate="te" data-affiliate-url="}" data-affiliate-work="{"id":"6a99e7c0-d3d6-4405-bd1a-13926e6084ba","se_id":"10a25939-3448-4c42-8343-9bfdfc32076b","metadata":{"trackonomics":{"merchant_id":"195712","merchant_name":"Peack TV","work_name":"IR","work_id":"3","product_id":"949","product_name":"Oprah Daily US","product_external_id":"949","product_url":null}},"work":{"id":"a332915a-6423-480f-9153-e3973f438607","name":"Trackonomics","metadata":{}},"product_metadata":{"10a25939-3448-4c42-8343-9bfdfc32076b":{"lk":"subid}","work_name":"ir","append_lk":"subid}&subid3=xid:{xid}","last_updated_at":"2023-06-16 22:58:42.207004"},"530bacd4-96b2-4cfe-a9a6-1fbd7c749e22":{"lk":"subid}","work_name":"ir","append_lk":"subid}&subid3=xid:{xid}","last_updated_at":"2023-06-16 21:31:56.496524"},"c7b9f75a-2f85-4251-a92e-dbc6c7213473":{"lk":"subid}","work_name":"ir","append_lk":"subid}&subid3=xid:{xid}","last_updated_at":"2023-06-16 23:32:41.410484"}}}" data-vars-ga-product-brand="Get Started" data-vars-ga-product-price="$2,021.00" data-vars-ga-product-retailer-id="b41266-0c09-43-9366-5b5959b7b18d" data-vars-ga-product-sem3-brand="Get Started" class="body-btn-lk product-lks-button css-1mgakr0 ebsw2pb0">Watch Now</a></p><h2 data-no-id="61" class="body-h2 css-1m6q79k et3p2gv0">12. <em>Dafne and the Rt</em></h2><div size="medium" data-embed="body-image" data-no-id="62" class="align-center size-medium embed css-1736von e1xqj1sx4"><div class="css-uwraif e1xqj1sx3"><img alt="dafne and the rt tv show" tle="dafne and the rt 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-1sepnu9 e6iqd2">Copyright HBO Max, 2021</span></figptn></div></div></div><p data-no-id="63" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Who don’t enjoy a rom- about the humor and tragedy of onle datg? 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-aeyldl 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. In ntrast, she wants her projects to e om a more posive place, and explore a trans woman fallg love, gog through ups and downs, and learng to fix her mistak, jt like everyone else. “I thk the humany enurag empathy others,” Zamora said. “I wanted to talk about my life.”</p><p data-no-id="65" class="css-aeyldl 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="7591556c-2791-42e7-941e-ecdd1f5a6c61" data-vars-ga-lk-treatment="(not set) | (not set)" data-href=" data-product-url=" data-affiliate="te" data-affiliate-url=" data-affiliate-work="{}" data-vars-ga-product-price="$9.99" data-vars-ga-product-retailer-id="f6142435-27c7-4879-a634-1b49a961ccb5" class="body-btn-lk product-lks-button css-1mgakr0 ebsw2pb0">Watch Now</a></p><h2 data-no-id="66" class="body-h2 css-1m6q79k et3p2gv0">13. <em>Queer as Folk </em></h2><div size="medium" data-embed="body-image" data-no-id="67" class="align-center size-medium embed css-1736von e1xqj1sx4"><div class="css-uwraif e1xqj1sx3"><img alt="queer as folk tv show" tle="queer as folk 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-1sepnu9 e6iqd2">Alyssa Moran/Peack</span></figptn></div></div></div><p data-no-id="68" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Jt like <em>The L Word</em>, <em>Queer as Folk </em>is makg a eback the hop of ronatg wh today’s dienc. 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-aeyldl 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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LOUD AND PROUD: WE'RE REMEMBERG 5 IMPACTFUL 'REAL WORLD' LGBT CAST MEMBERSIN HONOR OF PRI MONTH, 'MTV'S PROUST MOMENTS' WILL AIR JUNE {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;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/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;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;}TVBY JORDANA OSSADJUNE 2, 2016/1:22 {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:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY JORDANA OSSADJUNE 2, 2016 / 1:22 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"LOUD AND PROUD: WE'RE REMEMBERG 5 IMPACTFUL 'REAL WORLD' LGBT CAST MEMBERS","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-06-02T17:22:23.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-06-02T17:22:23.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"JORDANA OSSAD","KEYWORDS":"PRI MONTH, MTV SHOWS","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MTV HAS ALWAYS PHED FORWARD THE VISIBILY OF LGBT EQUALY -- AND NO PROGRAM ON THIS WORK IS MORE RPONSIBLE FOR TRODUCG PEOPLE ADVOTG FOR THIS IMPORTANT E THAN THE REAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN HONOR OF PRI MONTH, A 30-MUTE SPECIAL ENTLED MTV'S PROUST MOMENTS WILL PREMIERE ON SATURDAY, JUNE 4 AT 12PM AND LOOK BACK AT THE CHANNEL’S HISTORY CELEBRATG THE MANY INIC LGBT MOMENTS THAT HAVE BEE CULTURAL REFERENCE POTS FOR MASTREAM POP CULTURE TODAY -- CLUDG SCEN UNFOLDG ON THE LONG-NNG REALY ANCHISE AS WELL AS LAVERNE COX PRENTS: THE T WORD AND THE 2004 TE LIFE EPISO “I’M GAY AND I’M GETTG MARRIED” (11 YEARS BEFORE GAY MARRIAGE WAS LEGALIZED).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SCE REAL WORLD HAS BEEN RPONSIBLE FOR BRGG A DIVERSE GROUP OF YOUNG ADULTS WH DIFFERG SEXUAL ORIENTATNS UNR ONE ROOF, WE'RE TAKG A CLOSER LOOK AT SEVERAL PARTICIPANTS WHO WERE TRAILBLAZERS WHEN ME TO SHARG THEIR STORI AND SERVED AS LGBT TORS FOR THEIR ROOMMAT AND VIEWERS. 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WHILE GENIS' CLOSE IEND KAMEELAH TRIED TO SPEAK TO THE MOR ABOUT HER PREJUDICED VIEWS, THE 20-YEAR-OLD UNRSTANDABLY NEED TO WALK AWAY OM THE NVERSATN TO POSE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DANNY ROBERTS OM REAL WORLD: NEW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE CHARMG SOUTHERN BOY HAD RECENTLY E OUT TO HIS PARENTS AND WAS A NEW RELATNSHIP WH PL. BUT THE ROMANCE PRENTED ISSU THAT NO LGBT ST MEMBER HAD FACED BEFORE: PL'S PARENTS WERE UNAWARE HE WAS GAY AND, AT THE TIME, HE WAS SERVG THE ARY (BACK WHEN DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL WAS STILL EXISTENCE). PL EVENTUALLY DID VIS NOLA, BUT HIS FACE WAS BLURRED TO PROTECT HIS INTY. 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Matthew Blaise (Nigeria)Non-bary and openly gay activist Matthew Blaise found The Oasis Project, an anizatn that “promot posive reprentatn and humanizatn of queer people  Nigeria, ” and they have sce ed social media to raise awarens of jtic toward queer people the untry.

They -created the "#EndHomophobiaInNigeria" hashtag on Twter rponse to the murr of a gay man Nigeria. The 1999 VMAs, where drag queens moled Madonna’s outfs, and the 2013 awards, where Madonna prid over a crowd of gay and straight weddgs, make to the Proust Moments highlights reel; thankfully, perhaps, her kiss wh Brney Spears and Christa Aguilera at the 2003 VMAs did not.

We’re also remd of Brokeback Mounta wng a Movie Award for “bt kiss, ” Lady Gaga walkg the red rpet wh an entourage of discharged gay soldiers, and Miley Cys brgg queer homels youth and RuPl’s Drag Race nttants to the VMAs every stance, you n see the sire to be transgrsive and distctive for brandg and ratg’s sake dovetailg wh the social project of creasg LGBT visibily and humanizatn.

FROM ‘WILL & GRACE’ TO ‘GLEE,’ THIS NEW DOC EXPLOR THE HISTORY OF ‘PLAYG GAY’HERE'S HOW FAR WE'VE E AND WHERE WE STILL NEED TO GO. {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;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/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;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;}ISSUBY KATHERE SPELLERJULY 29, 2015/5:17 {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:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}MALE UPLE WATCHG TELEVISN WH DOGS, REAR VIEWBY KATHERE SPELLERJULY 29, 2015 / 5:17 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"FROM ‘WILL & GRACE’ TO ‘GLEE,’ THIS NEW DOC EXPLOR THE HISTORY OF ‘PLAYG GAY’","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2015-07-29T21:17:24.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2015-07-29T21:17:24.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"KATHERE SPELLER","ARTICLESECTN":"ISSU"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GIVEN THE PROGRS WE'VE MA REPRENTATN-WISE, 'S ALMOST HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THERE WAS A TIME WHEN YOU ULDN'T SEE LGBT CHARACTERS ON YOUR TV SCREENS -- A TIME BEFORE "MORN FAY" STARTED TAKG HOME ALL THE AWARDS AND BEFORE BGE-WATCHG "ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK" OR "ORPHAN BLACK" WAS AN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT HISTORY -- FOR MOST OF WHO WERE RAISED ON BETTER REPRENTATN -- IS SOMETHG WE NEVER REALLY GET THE CHANCE TO UNPACK. WHICH IS WHY LGBT ACTIVIST AND HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN -FOUNR DAVID BENR ME UP WH THE IA FOR "PLAYG GAY: HOW AMERI CAME OUT ON TELEVISN," THE NEW DOCUMENTARY HE'S TRYG TO FUND VIA KICKSTARTER BY AUGT 18, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WH TERVIEWS OM ACTORS AND CREATORS OM SHOWS LIKE "GLEE," "TRANSPARENT," "ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK," "EMPIRE," "MY SO CALLED LIFE," "ELLEN" AND "WILL & GRACE," THE FILM IS GOG TO FOLLOW THE WAYS THAT LGBT PEOPLE ON OUR TV SCREENS HELPED THE UNTRY'S PERCEPTN OF THE MUNY CHANGE FOR THE BETTER. BUT, FIRST, THEY NEED A B OF SUPPORT OM THE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO SEE THIS STORY E TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHY REPRENTATN REALLY, REALLY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DANNIELLE OWENS-REID, -FOUNR OF LGBTQ ANIZATN EVERYONE IS GAY, WAS ORIGALLY BROUGHT ON BOARD TO HELP NSULT FOR THE KICKSTARTER MPAIGN. AND PRETTY QUICKLY, SHE SAID, SHE SIGNED ON TO THE PROJECT -- WAS THAT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I GREW UP CHARLTON, SOUTH CAROLA, SO THERE WAS NO GAY MUNY THAT I KNEW OF. I DIDN’T HAVE ANY GAY NTS AND UNCL... GAY WASN’T EVEN A THG THAT EXISTED FOR ME. I HAD NO IA WHAT WAS LIKE TO BE A GAY ADULT THIS WORLD," SHE TOLD MTV NEWS. "I THK [REPRENTATN] IS IMPORTANT BEE IF YOU DON’T SEE , YOU DON’T UNRSTAND THAT ’S POSSIBLE FOR YOU."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WILSON CZ, ONE OF THE EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS AND THE ACTOR WHO PLAYED RICKIE VASQUEZ (THE FIRST OPENLY GAY TEENAGE CHARACTER ON WORK TV!) ON "MY SO-CALLED LIFE," TOLD MTV NEWS HOW HE GOT VOLVED WH THE FILM, AND WHY MATTERS SO MUCH TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THIS IS MY FIRST EXECUTIVE PRODUCER CRED AND I CID TO DO BEE, I THK ’S SAFE TO SAY, THAT TELLG THE STORI OF LGBT PEOPLE HAS BEEN MY LIFE’S WORK," CZ SAID. "WHETHER AS AN ACTOR OR THROUGH MY WORK WH GLAAD, I’VE ALWAYS BELIEVED THAT TELLG OUR STORI THROUGH TELEVISN WAS ONE OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE AND TIMATE WAYS OF CHANGG HEARTS AND MDS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN CZ WAS GROWG UP, HE DIDN'T SEE A LOT OF HIMSELF CHARACTERS ON TV, AND EVEN REPRENTATN ON THE FEW SHOWS (LIKE "SOAP" AND "DYNASTY") THAT DID FEATURE LGBT CHARACTERS WERE FAR OM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"NEEDLS TO SAY, THEY WEREN’T EXACTLY REPRENTATIVE OF MY EXPERIENCE AS A YOUNG GAY MAN OF LOR TRYG TO UNRSTAND WHO HE IS AND WHERE HE FS . I WANTED WHAT EVERYONE WANTS: TO BE SEEN AND TO BE UNRSTOOD," CZ SAID. "THAT’S WHAT LGBT REPRENTATN MEANS TO ME... OUR TELEVISNS SERVE AS MIRRORS HELD UP TO SOCIETY, AND IF YOU’RE NOT CLUD THOSE STORI, YOU FEEL VISIBLE AND LS THAN."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}" TEXT="CHECK IT: THIS LGBT GANG FOUGHT HATE WH FISTS UNTIL THEY FOUND FASHN AND FILM"]{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE THIS FILM IS A CELEBRATN AND "A LOVE LETTER" TO THE UNTRY FOR ALL THE PROGRS THAT HAS BEEN MA, CZ SAID THAT 'S ALSO A REMR "NOT TO TAKE FOR GRANTED" AND TO PH FOR MORE CLIVE AND PLEX REPRENTATN OF LGBT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I THK WE’LL SEE THAT THE GAS WE’VE MA AS A CULTURE UNRSTANDG LGBT PEOPLE WERE MA BEE WE STOOD BEFORE THE AMERIN PEOPLE AND TOLD OUR TTHS THROUGH THE STORI WE TOLD ON TELEVISN," CZ SAID. "BUT I ALSO BELIEVE THAT WE’RE GOG TO SEE THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO TERMS OF THE DIVERSY OF THE STORI WE TELL. THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, AN OVERWHELMG PERCENTAGE OF THOSE CHARACTERS WERE AND ARE ABOUT GAY WHE MEN. AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE HAVE TO DO A BETTER JOB OF MUNITG THAT THE LGBT MUNY IS AS DIVERSE AS THE RABOW FLAG WE WAVE AS A SYMBOL OF OUR MUNY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOR SOME ROURC ON LGBT REPRENTATN AND ANTI-LGBT BIAS, CHECK OUT LOOK {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

A sn of Buzzfeed vio headl— “15 Moments That Make Trans People Say ‘F*ck’, ” “Inic Romantic Films Reimaged By LGBT People, ” “9 Qutns Gay People Have For Straight People”—remd how advocy, not storytellg, is a quicker way to get people to share thgs on social ’s approach remas more documentary than high-ncept. MTV has always phed forward the visibily of LGBT equaly -- and no program on this work is more rponsible for troducg people advotg for this important e than the Real honor of Pri Month, a 30-mute special entled MTV's Proust Moments will premiere on Saturday, June 4 at 12pm and look back at the channel’s history celebratg the many inic LGBT moments that have bee cultural reference pots for mastream pop culture today -- cludg scen unfoldg on the long-nng realy anchise as well as Laverne Cox Prents: The T Word and the 2004 Te Life episo “I’m Gay and I’m Gettg Married” (11 years before gay marriage was legalized) Real World has been rponsible for brgg a diverse group of young adults wh differg sexual orientatns unr one roof, we're takg a closer look at several participants who were trailblazers when me to sharg their stori and served as LGBT tors for their roommat and viewers. Genis Moss om Real World: BostonThe Missouri native -- who enjoyed equentg gay clubs around Beantown -- was brought to tears when a child (at the dayre center where the st worked) admted that she hated gay people.

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JENNIFER HUDSON SHOWS HER SUPPORT FOR LGBT EQUALY IN HER ‘I STILL LOVE YOU’ VIO'I HOPE PEOPLE WALK AWAY WH A BROAR PERSPECTIVE OF MARRIAGE EQUALY,' JHUD {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;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/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;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;}MICBY CHRISTA GARIBALDIJUNE 3, 2015/6:00 {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:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY CHRISTA GARIBALDIJUNE 3, 2015 / 6:00 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"JENNIFER HUDSON SHOWS HER SUPPORT FOR LGBT EQUALY IN HER ‘I STILL LOVE YOU’ VIO","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2015-06-03T10:00:15.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2015-06-03T10:00:15.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"CHRISTA GARIBALDI","ARTICLESECTN":"MIC"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JENNIFER HUDSON'S LATT VIO WILL GET YOU DANCG AND GET YOU {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE SGER JT RELEASED HER VIO FOR HER LATT UPBEAT SGLE, "I STILL LOVE YOU" OFF HER RECENT ALBUM JHUD, WHICH FOLLOWS THE JOURNEY OF A FATHER'S LAST-MUTE CISN TO ATTEND HIS GAY SON'S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GET MORE:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JENNIFER HUDSON, I STILL LOVE YOU, MIC, MORE MIC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I JT THK THE NCEPT WAS JT POWERFUL TO GO WH SUCH A POSIVE SONG. IT'S ABOUT LOVE AND EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE LOVE AND HAVE THE RIGHT TO LOVE WHO THEY WANT TO LOVE," JENNIFER TOLD . "SO I THOUGHT WOULD BE POWERFUL TO TAKE A NCEPT LIKE TRYG TO FD YOUR EQUALY LOVE NO MATTER WHO YOU LOVE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE VIO HAS THE OSR WNER TEAMG UP WH W HOTEL'S MARRIAGE EQUALY MPAIGN, TURN IT UP FOR CHANGE, TO SPREAD A POSIVE MSAGE OF LOVE AND ACCEPTANCE FOR THE LGBT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I HOPE PEOPLE WALK AWAY WH A BROAR PERSPECTIVE OF MARRIAGE EQUALY," JHUD SAID ABOUT WHAT SHE HOP THE VIO NVEYS. "AND EVERYONE BEG ABLE TO CHOOSE WHO THEY WANT TO LOVE AND JT ACCEPT EACH OTHER AS THEIR OWN AND JT GIVE LOVE AND RECEIVE LOVE, JT LOVE AND BE HAPPY PEOPLE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE VIO CERTALY HAS A CELEBRATN VIBE, WH EVERYONE AT THE END OF THE CLIP, DANCG, SGG AND HAVG WHAT LOOKS TO BE THE BT TIME EVER AT THE WEDDG RECEPTN, WHICH JT SO HAPPENS TO BE JENNIFER'S FAVORE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I LOVE SEEG PEOPLE E TOGETHER, SO I THOUGHT WAS A VERY REAL, BETIFUL SPIRG MOMENT," SHE SAID. "AND I THK THE VIO IS JT BETIFULLY SHOT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN ADDN TO SPREADG A POSIVE MSAGE THROUGH HER MIC, THE FORMER "AMERIN IDOL" NTTANT CID TO MAKE THIS VIO ABOUT LGBT EQUALY AS A WAY TO GIVE BACK TO HER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I GREW UP SURROUND AND SUPPORTED BY THE GAY MUNY AND I JT WANT TO MAKE SURE I SHOW THEM THE SAME SUPPORT AND THIS IS MY WAY OF DOG ," SHE SAID. "THIS IS THE PERFECT WAY TO SHOW MY SUPPORT THROUGH MY MIC AND JT BE THERE TO SUPPORT BEE AGA THE GAY MUNY HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY BIGGT SUPPORT SYSTEM 'S JT ME SHOWG THE LOVE BACK."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JHUD'S VIO WILL ALSO HELP SUPPORT LOGO'S #ALL50 MPAIGN, WHICH IS A PLATFORM FOR LGBT PEOPLE AND ALLI TO KEEP UP TO DATE ON THE LATT NEWS AND SHARE PERSONAL STORI OF MARRIAGE EQUALY LEADG UP TO THE SUPREME COURT'S PENDG CISN TO LEGALIZE GAY MARRIAGE ALL 50 STAT. TO FD OUT MORE, AND TO SEE TERVIEWS WH CELEBRI AND LGBT ADVOT HEAD TO #{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

"Over the summer Hungary's ernment, led by Viktor Orbán me unr heavy backlash when passed a law forbiddg the promotn or pictn of homosexualy to mors. Chang to the Hungarian nstutn 2020 altered the fn of fai to exclu transgenr and homosexual people.

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HOW'S TV DOG ON LGBT REPRENTATN? A NEW STUDY REVEALS GOOD NEWS -- AND BADSHOWS LIKE "OITNB" AND "EMPIRE" HELP, BUT WE'VE STILL GOT A LONG WAY TO GO. {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;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/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;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;}TVBY VICTORIA MCNALLYOCTOBER 27, 2015/11:37 {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:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY VICTORIA MCNALLYOCTOBER 27, 2015 / 11:37 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"HOW'S TV DOG ON LGBT REPRENTATN? A NEW STUDY REVEALS GOOD NEWS -- AND BAD","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2015-10-27T15:37:32.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2015-10-27T15:37:32.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"VICTORIA MCNALLY","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TODAY (OCTOBER 27) GLAAD RELEASED S ANNUAL "WHERE WE ARE ON TV" REPORT CHARTG THE PROGRS OF GAY, LBIAN, TRANSGENR AND BISEXUAL REPRENTATN DURG THE 2015-16 TELEVISN SEASON. WHILE THE AMOUNT OF LGBT CHARACTERS HAS CREASED SCE LAST YEAR'S REPORT, THE DTRY STILL HAS A LONG WAY TO GO PROMOTG EQUALY AMONG S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PART OF THE REASON FOR THE CREASE IS THAT THIS YEAR, THE REPORT CLUS ORIGAL PROGRAMMG OM STREAMG PROVIRS AMAZON, HULU AND NETFLIX FOR THE FIRST TIME, WHICH BOASTS 43 SERI REGULARS AND 16 RECURRG LGBT CHARACTERS ACROSS 23 SERI. BOTH BROADST AND BLE SHOWS ALSO SAW SLIGHT IMPROVEMENTS -- BROADST TELEVISN FEATUR 35 SERI REGULARS AND 35 OTHER RECURRG CHARACTERS WHO ARE LGBT, AND ON BLE, THE NUMBER OF REGULAR CHARACTERS CREASED OM 64 TO 84, WH THE AMOUNT OF RECURRG CHARACTERS ALSO CREASG OM 41 TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE REPORT ALSO TRACKS RACIAL, GENR, AND DISABILY ON TV AS WELL, PECIALLY WH REGARDS TO HOW TERSECTS WH LGBT REPRENTATN. ACRDG TO THEIR FDGS, PEOPLE OF LOR MAKE UP A THIRD OF ALL RECURRG CHARACTERS ON TELEVISN, BUT WHILE THE AMOUNT OF RACIALLY DIVERSE LGBT CHARACTERS HAS VERY SLIGHTLY CREASED PRIMETIME BROADST (26% TO 31%), 'S CREASED ON BLE (OM 35% TO 29%). THE RAT OF LGBT MEN AND WOMEN ON TV IS FAIRLY CLOSE TO PARY (ALTHOUGH GAY MEN STILL DOMATE PARED TO BISEXUAL MEN, AND LBIAN AND BISEXUAL WOMEN), ALTHOUGH ON STREAMG SHOWS LGBT WOMEN ACTUALLY OUTNUMBER MEN, 56% TO 44%. GEE, THANKS, ""ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK!"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MEANWHILE, THE AMOUNT OF TRANSGENR CHARACTERS ON TV IS STILL PRETTY ABYSMAL -- ONLY 2.6% OF THE 271 RECURRG CHARACTERS ON TELEVISN ARE TRANS, WHICH BOILS DOWN TO 6 WOMEN AND 1 MAN, NONE OF WHOM APPEAR ON PRIMETIME BROADST. THE NUMBER OF CHARACTERS WH DISABILI HAS ALSO DROPPED SIGNIFINTLY, OM 1.4% TO 0.9%. AND NOT ALL OF THE CREAS ARE NECSARILY POSIVE REPRENTATNS OF THE LGBT MUNY, EHER -- WHILE THE NUMBER OF BISEXUAL CHARACTERS, PARTICULARLY BISEXUAL MALE CHARACTERS, HAS RISEN SCE THE PREV TV SEASON (OM 10 TO 18), GLAAD NOT THAT MANY OF THE NEW CHARACTERS "FALL TO DANGERO STEREOTYP ABOUT BISEXUAL PEOPLE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO JT CLU LGBT CHARACTERS; WRERS MT CRAFT THOSE CHARACTERS WH THOUGHT AND RE," GLAAD CEO AND PRINT SARAH KATE ELLIS NOT THE REPORT'S FOREWORD, CG THE PREVALENCE OF "G OUT STORI" AND TOKENISM. "THEY MT REJECT HARMFUL, OUTDATED STEREOTYP AND AVOID TOKEN CHARACTERS THAT ARE BURNED WH REPRENTG AN ENTIRE MUNY THROUGH THE VIEW OF ONE PERSON."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN PARTICULAR THE REPORT ALSO CED BROADST SHOWS LIKE "EMPIRE" AND "ARROW" (AND S EVENTUAL SP-OFF, "LEGENDS OF TOMORROW") AS LEADG THE WAY TERMS OF REPRENTATN, AS WELL AS SHOWS ON BLE AND STREAMG LIKE ABC FAY'S (SOON TO BE FREEFORM'S) "THE FOSTERS," NETFLIX'S "ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK" AND "SENSE8," AND AMAZON'S "TRANSPARENT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THE CRIL AND MERCIAL SUCCS OF SERI LIKE 'EMPIRE,' 'TRANSPARENT,' AND 'ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK' N SERVE AS AN EXAMPLE TO WORK EXECUTIV THAT DIENC ARE LOOKG FOR STORI THEY HAVEN’T SEEN BEFORE; ED, THERE ARE STILL PLENTY OF STORI ABOUT OUR MUNY YET TO BE TOLD," ELLIS ALSO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

In 2017, Korpi revealed to CNN that he is actually gay, but MTV had lled him bisexual. Even the early ’90s, when sexualy was nsired too taboo of a subject for televisn, MTV tried to spotlight LGBTQ young people, cludg the third season’s Pedro Zamora, a Cuban-Amerin gay man wh AIDS. The show featured gay, lbian and bisexual characters experiencg love like anyone would.

When “Anatomy of a Hate Crime” buted on MTV, viewers learned about Matthew Shepard, an openly gay llege stunt who died after beg attacked and left tied to a fence. The documentary seri – which clud episos such as “I’m Gay and I’m Gettg Married” and “I Have Gay Parents” – highlighted LGBTQ issu for viewers to watch and unrstand. In the world of “Teen Wolf, ” homophobia don’t exist.

THIS STUNT PROVED YOU CAN BE LGBT AND PROUD AT A CHRISTIAN COLLEGEHIS STORY GIV HOPE FOR THE {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;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/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;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;}ISSUBY KRISTA MASICAUGT 26, 2015/4:22 {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:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}GETTYHOMOSEXUAL UPLE HUGGG OCEANBY KRISTA MASICAUGT 26, 2015 / 4:22 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"THIS STUNT PROVED YOU CAN BE LGBT AND PROUD AT A CHRISTIAN COLLEGE","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2015-08-26T20:22:00.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2015-08-26T20:22:00.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"KRISTA MASIC","ARTICLESECTN":"ISSU"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TWENTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD ELIEL CZ GOT KDA FAMO ON THE TER EARLIER THIS YEAR WHEN HIS CHRISTIAN LLEGE REFED TO LET HIM AND HIS IENDS SELL CUPK FOR HOMELS LGBT YOUTH BEE THEY SAID DIDN'T SYNC WH THE UNIVERSY'S "MISSN." IT WASN'T THE FIRST TIME THAT CZ -- WHO IS BOTH CHRISTIAN AND OPENLY BISEXUAL -- BUTTED HEADS WH HIS SCHOOL OVER THEIR POLICI SURROUNDG LGBT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CZ GRADUATED OM THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH'S MICHIGAN-BASED FLAGSHIP SCHOOL, ANDREWS UNIVERSY, MAY. AFTER BEG EXPELLED OM HIS CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL FOR G OUT, HE SPENT HIS TIME AT ANDREWS NOT ONLY FIGURG OUT HOW TO THRIVE ON MP, BUT ALSO FIGHTG (SUCCSFULLY!) TO MAKE HIS UNIVERSY -- AND CHRISTIAN UNIVERSI ACROSS THE UNTRY -- MORE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MTV NEWS SAT DOWN WH CZ TO HEAR HIS STORY.ELIEL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OUT AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THOUGH SOME SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS ARE ACCEPTG OF LGBT PEOPLE, THE OFFICIAL STANCE OF THE CHURCH IS THAT “HOMOSEXUALY IS A MANIFTATN OF THE DISTURBANCE AND BROKENNS HUMAN CLATNS AND RELATNS ED BY THE ENTRANCE OF S TO THE WORLD."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CZ TOLD MTV NEWS THAT HE GREW UP THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST FAH AND WENT TO CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS HIS WHOLE LIFE -- UNTIL HE GOT EXPELLED FOR G {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I ME OUT TO MY PARENTS WHEN I WAS ONLY 14," CZ SAID. "I'M LUCKY...I'VE ALWAYS HAD A SUPPORTIVE FAY. AT THE TIME THEY SAID, 'I DON'T AGREE WH YOU BUT I LOVE YOU,' AND NOW, YEARS LATER, THEY'RE FULLY AFFIRMG THEOLOGILLY, TOO."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}UNFORTUNATELY, HIS SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST HIGH SCHOOL GEIA DIDN'T SHARE HIS PARENTS' ACCEPTG ATTUS, AND WHEN HE ME OUT AT SCHOOL, HE WAS ASKED TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"A LOT OF CHRISTIAN AMI EXPEL LGBT STUNTS," HE SAID, "I GUS 'S NOT TOO SURPRISG THAT SENSE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CZ FISHED HIGH SCHOOL BY HOMCHOOLG, AND WHEN HE ENROLLED AT ANDREWS UNIVERSY, HE ROLVED TO KEEP HIS SEXUAL ORIENTATN A SECRET OM SCHOOL ADMISTRATORS OUT OF FEAR THAT HE'D BE EXPELLED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE IMPORTANCE OF FDG YOUR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IT'S SO HELPFUL TO KNOW THAT THERE'S ANOTHER IENDLY FACE ON YOUR MP," CZ SAID ".. IF THEY'RE NOT OUT, MEANS SO MUCH TO KNOW THAT YOU'RE NOT ALONE, AND THAT THERE'S SOMEONE WHO UNRSTANDS YOU."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BEG CLOSETED TO THE ADMISTRATN DIDN'T STOP CZ OM WANTG TO BUILD A SUPPORT WORK WH OTHER LGBT STUNTS ON MP, SO HE HELPED FOUND AULL4ONE, (THE "AU" IS FOR ANDREWS UNIVERSY) AN UNOFFICIAL GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE (GSA) THAT CREATED A SAFE SPACE FOR LGBT STUNTS AND THEIR ALLI TO MEET OFF MP. THEY HAD TO MEET OFF MP AND REMA "UNOFFICIAL" BEE THE SCHOOL WOULDN'T ALLOW THEM TO BEE A FORMAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WE FOUND A GREAT FACULTY MEMBER, WHO OPENED UP HER HOME TO LET MEET THERE TWICE A MONTH," CZ TOLD MTV NEWS. "IT WAS A SAFE SPACE TO TALK ABOUT OUR SEXUAL ORIENTATN AND OUR FAH, AND RENCILG THAT -- OR NOT RENCILG -- HAVG A PLACE FOR STUNTS TO SAFELY TALK ABOUT THOSE THGS WAS SOMETHG THAT JT WASN'T FORMERLY AVAILABLE AT OUR MP."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ELIEL CZ HUGS ANOTHER AULL4ONE MEMBER AT THE FIRST-EVER FORMAL MP DISCSN ON LGBT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DISVERG THE DANGERS OF THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT SENSE OF MUNY HELPED TO KEEP HIM AFLOAT, BUT EVENTUALLY, NOT BEG OUT TO THE SCHOOL'S ADMISTRATN PRENTED SOME SER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I HAD A SUATN WHERE SOMEONE WAS THREATENG MY LIFE," CZ RELLED, "AND HAD TO DO WH A SAME-SEX RELATNSHIP I'D HAD THE PAST. I WAS WORRIED ABOUT MY SAFETY, BUT I DIDN’T FEEL LIKE I ULD GO TO MY SCHOOL ABOUT . BASED ON MY PAST EXPERIENC, I REALLY THOUGHT I MIGHT GET EXPELLED IF I DID. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO."AULL4ONE / VIA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AULL4ONE MEMBERS TOGETHER ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVENTUALLY, CZ WAS SO NCERNED THAT HE DID GO TO THE SCHOOL'S ADMISTRATN ABOUT THE THREATS. THEY HELPED TO LATE THE SUATN AND MAKE SURE HE WAS SAFE, AND ALSO ASSURED HIM THAT HE WOULDN'T GET ANY TROUBLE OR BE EXPELLED FOR G OUT TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I STILL DIDN'T REALLY TST THEM, THOUGH," HE SAID. "AND THAT MA ME REALIZE THAT THERE MT BE SO MANY LGBT STUNTS AT CHRISTIAN UNIVERSI ALG WH LORD-KNOWS-WHAT WH ABSOLUTELY NO SUPPORT SYSTEM PLACE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT WEIGHED SO HEAVILY ON HIS MD THAT CZ CID TO TAKE ACTN. HE WROTE A LETTER TO THE DEAN OF STUNT LIFE POTG OUT THAT THERE WAS A HOLE THE STUNT HANDBOOK WHEN ME TO PROTECTNS FOR LGBT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I SAID, 'YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE THERE'S PROTECTN FOR UNR THE NON-HARASSMENT AND NON-DISCRIMATN POLICI JT LIKE THERE IS FOR EVERYONE ELSE.' THE FOLLOWG YEAR, THEY ADD THOSE, AND AS FAR AS I KNOW, WAS THE FIRST TIME ANY ADVENTIST UNIVERSY PUT PROTECTNS FOR LGBT STUNTS TO THEIR NON-DISCRIMATN POLICY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS IS A MOVEMENT, NOT A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ONCE HE SAW THAT HIS ACTNS HAD THE POWER TO MAKE THGS BETTER FOR OTHER STUNTS, TOO, CZ CID HE WANTED TO HELP LGBT STUNTS AT ALL ADVENTIST SCHOOLS -- NOT JT HIS OWN. HE FOUND THE INTERLLEGIATE ADVENTIST GSA COALN (IAGC), A REGISTERED 501(C)3 NONPROF ANIZATN THAT STRIV TO MAKE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST TNAL STUTNS MORE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IAGC HELPS TO TABLISH SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS FOR LGBT STUNTS DOG ADVOCY WORK, HELPS UNIVERSI TABLISH THEIR OWN UNOFFICIAL GSAS (SCE OFFICIAL LGBT STUNT GROUPS AREN'T ALLOWED), AND HELPS ADVENTIST UNIVERSI NATNWI CREATE POLICI THAT WILL CREATE SAFER ENVIRONMENTS FOR LGBT STUNTS.INTERLLEGIATE ADVENTIST GSA COALNSCREEN SHOT 2015-07-24 AT 10.22.32 {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"SOME OF OUR LGBT STUNTS HAD BEEN KICKED OUT OF THEIR HOM," CZ SAID. "AND THEIR SCHOOLS DIDN’T REALLY HAVE A SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR GAY KIDS WHO WERE KICKED OUT, SO IAGC HELPED SET UP WAYS TO HELP THEM GET BACK ON THEIR FEET, AND FD ROURC FOR THGS LIKE SUICI PREVENTN."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THGS WERE BETTER. A LOT BETTER. BUT THAT DIDN'T MEAN THAT LIFE WAS SUDNLY EASY FOR LGBT STUNTS ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHY STAY WHERE YOU'RE NOT REALLY WELE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THROUGHOUT ALL OF THIS, CZ STARTED WRG STORI ABOUT RELIGN AND SEXUALY FOR NATNAL MEDIA OUTLETS LIKE THE HUFFGTON POST AND THE ADVOTE. SOME PEOPLE WEREN'T HAPPY ABOUT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I HAD PEOPLE LLG THE SCHOOL AND TRYG TO GET ME EXPELLED," CZ {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN ASKED WHY HE STILL WANTED TO STAY AT ANDREWS, CZ RPOND, "I'M A CHRISTIAN. I WANTED TO BE THAT ENVIRONMENT. BUT I ALSO SAW A NEED. I DID NOT JT FOR MYSELF, BUT FOR STUNTS AFTER ME. LIKE I SAID, I HAVE A REALLY AMAZG FAY, SO I KNEW I HAD THAT TO FALL BACK ON, AND I WANTED TO HELP CREATE A SAFER SPACE FOR OTHERS WHO MIGHT NOT HAVE THAT."JOSHUA MARTJOSHUA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ELIEL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CZ POTED OUT THAT NOT ALL STUNTS ARE ABLE TO LEAVE IF THGS GET HOSTILE ON MP. THEY MAY HAVE PARENTS WHO WILL ONLY PAY FOR CHRISTIAN SCHOOL, OR THEY MAY NOT BE OUT TO THEIR FAI, WHICH WOULD MAKE THEM FEEL LIKE THEY ULDN'T SAY, "I DON'T FEEL SAFE BEG AT A CHRISTIAN SCHOOL."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I THK I ALSO JT WANTED TO GET A GREE WH ANDREWS UNIVERSY’S NAME ON ," HE SAID, LGHG. "THEY WON'T OFFICIALLY REGNIZE ANY OF MY ACPLISHMENTS JT BEE OF THE TOPICS I'M SPEAKG AND WRG ABOUT. I WANTED TO BE ABLE TO SAY, ‘I’M AN ANDREWS UNIVERSY GRADUATE, I WAS RILIENT, I MA THROUGH THE WILRNS, AND NOW I’M GOG TO NTUE WORKG THE LGBT MUNY. I WANTED TO SHOW THAT THEIR GRADUAT ARE FIGHTG FOR EQUALY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ADVICE TO LGBT STUNTS AT CHRISTIAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CZ ENURAGED LGBT STUNTS AT CHRISTIAN UNIVERSI TO TOUCH BASE WH SAFETY NET, A NONPROF THAT HELPS BRIDGE NNECTNS BETWEEN LGBTQ+ STUNTS, ALUMNI, FACULTY, AND STAFF AT CHRISTIAN LLEG. THEY N HELP YOU FD OUT IF THERE'S AN UNOFFICIAL GSA ASSOCIATED WH YOUR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THERE MAY BE A GROUP THAT YOU DON’T KNOW ABOUT AT YOUR SCHOOL BEE ’S UNOFFICIAL AND SORT OF UNRGROUND," CZ SAID. "A LOT OF TIM YOU’LL BE SURPRISED TO FD THAT THERE ACTUALLY IS A GROUP FOR YOUR MP ALREADY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND IF THERE ISN'T? CZ SUGGTED THAT IF FEELS SAFE, YOU N NSIR CREATG YOUR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"DEPENDG ON WHERE YOU’RE AT PERSONALLY, IF YOU’RE ABLE TO TAKE SOME IATIVE, START A GROUP -- THERE ARE FELY GOG TO BE MORE PEOPLE LIKE YOU," HE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"YOU ULD MEET A FFEE SHOP, N BE THROUGH WORD OF MOUTH, N JT BE THREE OR FOUR PEOPLE -- YOU DON’T EVEN HAVE TO TALK ABOUT SEXUALY, BUT JT BEG TOGETHER, AND HAVG THAT MUNY, N HELP YOU BUILD RILIENCE AGAST SOME OF THE NEGATIVE MSAG YOU MIGHT HEAR ON MP."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CZ ALSO ENURAGED STUNTS WHO FEEL SAFE DOG SO TO ADVOTE FOR BETTER POLICI TOWARD LGBT STUNTS AT THEIR OWN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"TALK TO YOUR AN OF STUNT LIFE," HE SAID. "ESPECIALLY AFTER THIS MARRIAGE EQUALY LG, A LOT OF THE SCHOOLS ARE KD OF SRED, TO BE HONT, AND SOON THEY'LL BE TRYG TO FD WAYS TO BE MORE CLIVE OF THEIR STUNTS. IF YOU ARE AT A PLACE WHERE YOU N TAKE THAT ON, WORK WH YOUR SCHOOL TO MAKE YOUR SCHOOL A BETTER PLACE NOT JT FOR YOURSELF, BUT FOR OTHER STUNTS WHO DON’T HAVE A VOICE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

Which is why LGBT activist and Human Rights Campaign -founr David Benr me up wh the ia for "Playg Gay: How Ameri Came Out on Televisn, " the new documentary he's tryg to fund via Kickstarter by Augt 18, terviews om actors and creators om shows like "Glee, " "Transparent, " "Orange is the New Black, " "Empire, " "My So Called Life, " "Ellen" and "Will & Grace, " the film is gog to follow the ways that LGBT people on our TV screens helped the untry's perceptn of the muny change for the better.

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TOMMY MARTEZ TALKS 'GOOD TROUBLE' AND BISEXUAL REPRENTATN ON TV'I FEEL REALLY GOOD ABOUT THIS CHARACTER BEE 'S HELPG MY FAY UNRSTAND THAT PEOPLE LIVE DIFFERENT LIV'{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;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/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;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;}TVBY MTV NEWS STAFFMARCH 26, 2019/12:12 {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:3000PX;WIDTH:2000PX;}FREEFORMGOOD TROUBLE - FREEFORM'S "GOOD TROUBLE" STARS TOMMY MARTEZ AS GAEL. (FREEFORM/G&LO)BY MTV NEWS STAFFMARCH 26, 2019 / 12:12 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"TOMMY MARTEZ TALKS 'GOOD TROUBLE' AND BISEXUAL REPRENTATN ON TV","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-03-26T16:12:02.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-03-26T16:12:02.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"MTV NEWS STAFF","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BY KELSEY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GOOD TROUBLE FOLLOWS THE LIV OF ADOPTIVE SISTERS CALLIE AND MARIANA AND THEIR JOURNEY TO ADULTHOOD LOS ANGEL. ON THE SHOW, A SPOFF OF FREEFORM'S BELOVED DRAMA THE FOSTERS, CALLIE AND MARIANA ARE IALLY UGHT OFF GUARD WHEN THEY MOVE TO A OPERATIVE LIVG SPACE WH A GROUP OF YOUNG, HOT STRANGERS. ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE IS GAEL (PLAYED BY TOMMY MARTEZ). IT DON'T TAKE LONG FOR MARIANA TO HAVE A HUGE CSH HIM — BUT CALLIE AND GAEL SOON VELOP AN TIMATE RELATNSHIP OF THEIR OWN, EVEN IF GO AGAST "GIRL ." IT SOUNDS LIKE A TYPIL TV ROMANCE, RIGHT? EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT GAEL IS PROUDLY BISEXUAL, AND HE DON’T HI . IN FACT, WHILE SUALLY DATG CALLIE, 'S REVEALED THAT GAEL ALSO HAS A BOYIEND.FREEFORMTOMMY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MARTEZ STARS AS GAEL, AN ARTIST, ON FREEFORM'S GOOD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I MET UP WH MARTEZ AT ONE OF HIS FAVORE PLAC, THE VERVE COFFEE ROASTER, LOS ANGEL, DOWN THE STREET OM WHERE HE ED TO WA TABL AT ZQUé. WHEN I ARRIVED, I SPOTTED HIS HAIR FIRST. THEN, HIS GIRLIEND, ACTRS ALE RUDOLPH WHO STARS NETFLIX’S THE CHILLG ADVENTUR OF SABRA. IN REAL LIFE MARTEZ, 26, IS NOT BISEXUAL, BUT HE TELLS ME THAT HE INTIFI WH GAEL A NUMBER OF WAYS, EVEN NDIDLY TALKG ABOUT HIS OWN SAME-SEX EXPERIENCE 10 YEARS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE REVELATN ME TO LIGHT WHILE HE WAS TAKG PART A PANEL DISCSN WH SOME OF THE SHOW'S CREATORS AND STARS AT THE LOS ANGEL LGBT CENTER JANUARY. TOMMY SAYS HE FELT PELLED TO SHARE THE ANECDOTE BEE HE HAD RECENTLY OPENED UP TO A CLOSE FAY MEMBER ABOUT . AND FOR THE BETTER PART OF AN HOUR, HE SHARED WH ME WHAT ’S BEEN LIKE TO BRG THIS CHARACTER TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MTV NEWS: WHO IS GAEL TO YOU?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TOMMY MARTEZ: WHEN I FIRST READ — THE CHARACTER SCRIPTN — I SAID, "THIS IS ME." NOT EXACTLY RELATG HIS BISEXUALY TO MY SAME-SEX EXPERIENCE BUT EVERYTHG ELSE JT FELT LIKE ME. FOR STANCE, THE WAY THAT HE WOULD SPEAK AND THROUGHOUT THAT MONTH-LONG EXPERIENCE OF DNG I REALLY JT SANK MYSELF TO HIS SHO, TO HIS LIFE, AND REALLY RELATED TO HIM. I FEEL AS THOUGH I’M SO PARALLEL TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MTV NEWS: WAS THAT WHAT ATTRACTED YOU TO THE ROLE? {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MARTEZ: WH ANY OF THE OTHER ROL, 'S NOT SOMETHG THAT ATTRACTED ME. IT'S JT SOMETHG THAT ME TO ME OM THE AGENT'S OFFICE. THEY JT SEND OUT TO YOU, AND THEN I READ THE CHARACTER SCRIPTN AND, WH GOOD TROUBLE, WH GAEL MARTEZ, HE'S AN ARTIST TRYG TO BALANCE HIS ARTISTIC PABILI WH A REAL JOB THAT'LL KEEP HIM AFLOAT. I KD OF HAD THAT SAME EXPERIENCE OUT HERE [ LOS ANGEL]. I DID PRETTY WELL MOLG FOR A TIME, BUT THAT WAS JT TO PAY RENT. WHEN THAT SLOWED DOWN, I DIDN'T WANT TO BURN A HOLE MY POCKET, AND I STILL WANTED TO TAKE ACTG CLASS, WHICH N BE VERY EXPENSIVE. ACTUALLY, RIGHT DOWN THE STREET, ZQUé, THAT RTRANT THERE? I WORKED THERE AS A WAER. THAT'S WHERE EVERYTHG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I WOULD WORK THERE TO HELP PAY RENT AND ALSO PAY FOR MY ACTG CLASS. I REMEMBER, EVEN WH SHAMELS AND RIVERDALE, THAT'S WHERE I GOT MY LL. I WAS WORKG THE FLOOR, AND THEN I'D FEEL MY PHONE START VIBRATG, AND I'D SEE THAT 'S MY AGENT. SO I'D N OVER TO THE BATHROOM AND ANSWER . SHE'S LIKE, "YOU'RE BOOKED FOR RIVERDALE." I WAS LIKE, "FUCK!" IT'S JT SANE.GETTY IMAGGOOD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE ST OF GOOD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MTV NEWS: YOU WERE TALKG ON A PANEL RECENTLY, AND YOU REVEALED THAT YOU HAD A SAME-SEX EXPERIENCE YEARS AGO. WHY DID YOU FEEL FORTABLE THAT MOMENT TO SHARE THAT?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MARTEZ: TWO WEEKS BEFORE, I WAS ON VATN, AND ONE OF MY FAY MEMBERS WAS SCTIZED FOR SOMETHG THAT HAD HAPPENED A UPLE OF YEARS AGO, WHICH HAPPENED TO BE HIM AND ANOTHER BOY. HE WAS KD OF BEG MA FUN OF FOR , AND HE HAD A MELT DOWN WHILE WE WERE ON THIS VATN. 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I WAS LIKE, "IT'S FE. IT'S FUN. THERE'S NOTHG BAD ABOUT ." IT'S JT TWO HUMANS WHO ARE ATTRACTED, OR ARE TIMATE WH ONE ANOTHER. WHAT'S THE PROBLEM WH THAT? THERE'S NOT A FUCKG PROBLEM WH THAT. SORRY FOR MY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MTV NEWS: HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THE WEIGHT OF THE CHARACTER YOU PLAY AND WHAT MEANS FOR THE LGBTQ MUNY?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MARTEZ: I LEARNED AS I REARCH MORE ABOUT THIS CHARACTER THAT EVEN WH THE LGBTQ MUNY BISEXUALY ISN’T REALLY ACCEPTED, AND THAT’S UPSETTG TO ME BEE ’S LIKE YOU ARE WORKG AGAST THE VERY SAME THGS THAT YOU ARE FIGHTG FOR. THERE’S STILL SO MUCH WORK TO BE DONE AND TO TELL THE KDS OF STORI.FREEFORMHAILIE SAHAR, TOMMY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TRANS ACTOR AND ACTIVIST HAILIE SAHAR PLAYS GAEL'S SISTER, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MTV NEWS: WHAT HAS BEEN YOUR FAY'S REACTN TO YOU PLAYG THIS CHARACTER? {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MARTEZ: MY PARENTS, MY SISTERS, AND BROTHER — THEY LOVE THE SHOW. GRANTED, WAS SOMETHG NEW TO SEE ME ON SCREEN HOOK UP WH A GUY, BUT I TOLD THEM THIS IS THE CHARACTER AND THAT’S THAT. SOME OF MY OTHER FAY MEMBERS QUTNED IF I WAS REALLY TO THE GUY THAT I MAKE OUT WH ON SCREEN. I ED A TEACHABLE MOMENT, WHERE I WANTED TO BE KNOWN THAT IF I DID [ENJOY ] THAT SHOULDN’T BE A PROBLEM. I FEEL REALLY GOOD ABOUT THIS CHARACTER BEE 'S HELPG MY FAY TO UNRSTAND THAT PEOPLE LIVE DIFFERENT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MTV NEWS: WHO IS MORE LIKELY TO GET TO TROUBLE, GAEL OR TOMMY? {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MARTEZ: MAYBE ME. I FEEL LIKE GAEL IS A GOOD GUY. HE'S A REALLY GOOD DU. I GET MYSELF TROUBLE, AS , SOME OF THE STUPID SH THAT I DO, LIKE ROCK CLIMBG. PUTTG MYSELF TROUBLE… IT'S A LOT OF DANGERO STUFF. RIDG ON A MOTORCYCLE THIS CRAZY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MTV NEWS: WAS THERE A TIME EHER DURG SHOOTG OR ONCE THE EPISOS STARTED TO AIR THAT YOU REALIZED THIS CHARACTER WOULD IMPACT PEOPLE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MARTEZ: IT TOOK A UPLE OF EPISOS TO REALLY FEEL HOW EVERYTHG WAS HAPPENG, AND THEN WAS A WHOLE SEND WAVE THAT H ME ONCE THE SHOW STARTED AIRG — SEEG THE RPONS ON INSTAGRAM, LIKE, "DU, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'VE BEEN GOG THROUGH THE SAME KD OF SUATN, AND THIS KD OF GIV ME MORE NFINCE TO BREAK OUT MY SHELL AND TALK ABOUT AS A GAY OR BISEXUAL MAN, OR WOMAN." JT THE RPONSE OF THE FANS WAS — EVEN JT SAYG FANS MAK YOU FEEL CRAZY — WAS ALL SO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MTV NEWS: WHAT DO YOU HOPE PEOPLE TAKE AWAY OM GAEL? {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MARTEZ: THE NFINCE TO PH THROUGH LIFE… TO HAVE THAT NFINCE BEG WHO THEY ARE, FULLY AND TLY, AND NOT HAVG TO HAVE ANY STRAPS KEEPG YOU BACK OM BEG JT THAT. IF SOMEONE IS THAT SAME POSN AS GAEL, THE STORY'S NOT OVER. WE'RE FILMG THE SEND SEASON NOW, AND THERE ARE SOME REALLY POWERFUL THGS THAT VOLVE [HIS] {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO, YEAH, I JT HOPE ALLOWS PEOPLE TO ACCEPT THEMSELV FOR WHO THEY ARE, REGARDLS OF IF THEIR IENDS OR FAY ACCEPT THEM. WHAT, ARE YOU GONNA KEEP PROLONGG THAT? UNTIL HOW LONG?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GOOD TROUBLE AIRS TUDAY NIGHTS ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

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