Longtime TV cric Dan Avery charts the history of gay, queer, and transgenr reprentatn popular Amerin seri om 1971 to today, om Ellen to Pose.
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IN BROADST TV FIRST, LBIANS OUTNUMBER GAY MALE CHARACTERS
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Created by wrer/producer Ilene Chaiken (Barb Wire, Empire), The L Word was the early ghts’ lbnic answer to Showtime’s gay male drama, Queer as Folk. In one relatable gture, The L Word boiled down the unique, ternnected sence of queer social works: that whether by dalliance or LTR, by fellow hometown gay or elive IG follow—everybody knows everybody.