How Queer as Folk Beme a Defg Gay TV Show | Time

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• 14 TV SHOWS THAT BROKE GROUND WH GAY AND TRANSGENR CHARACTERS
• HOW QUEER AS FOLK BEME THE DEFG GAY TV SHOW OF A GENERATN—TWICE
• THE BT GAY AND LBIAN FILMS OF THE 2000S

14 TV SHOWS THAT BROKE GROUND WH GAY AND TRANSGENR CHARACTERS

Wh each new season, the seri has bee creasgly queer wh stori explorg pansexualy and what means to be gay or transgenr.Netflix7. Black Monday (Showtime)Inially about the events leadg up to the worst stock market crash history, the seri has expand beyond that, cludg more time spent the world of Andrew Rannells’ closeted gay character, Blair, who is a sham marriage wh Casey Wilson and havg a secret affair wh a polician played by Tuc Watks. Dear Whe People (Netflix)The seri created by Jt Simien pulls the veil back on what many believed was a post-racial world followg the electn of Print Barack Obama, offerg sight to the Black experience as seen through the terlockg stori of several stunts, cludg buddg gay journalist Lnel (DeRon Horton), attendg the fict, predomantly whe Ivy League school Wchter Universy.

Heartstopper (Netflix)The Brish g-of-age seri adapted om the graphic novel of the same name by Alice Oseman tells the story of Charlie Sprg (Joe Locke), a gay schoolboy who falls love wh his classmate, Nick Nelson (K Connor).

HOW QUEER AS FOLK BEME THE DEFG GAY TV SHOW OF A GENERATN—TWICE

It's a S (Max)Spanng a startg 1981, the five-part seri created by Davi follows a group of gay iends -- Rchie (Olly Alexanr), Rose (Omari Douglas) and Col (Callum Stt Howells) -- and their straight girliend, Jill (Lydia Wt), as they go om chasg their dreams to fightg for survival a prejudiced society. Lookg (HBO)Told over two short seasons and a 90-mute film, Lookg is creator Michael Lannan's moody and darkly funny story about three gay men -- Patrick (Jonathan Groff), Agt (Frankie J.

Pose (FX)Co-created by Steven Canals, the groundbreakg seri follows the liv of Black and brown transgenr women and gay men of the 1980s New York Cy ballroom scene. Special (Netflix)Created by and starrg Ryan O’Connell, Special tells the story of Ryan, a gay man wh cerebral palsy steppg out om the protectn of his helipter mom to create a world of his own, which means movg out, makg new iends and fdg romance. As Michael, Harris’ life is upend after his hband of 17 years (Tuc Watks) sudnly leav him and is forced to navigate New York Cy as a newly sgle gay man his mid-forti.

Cc Gay. The story ncerns a hapls civil servant who gets more than he bargaed for when he mov to an apartment wh a gay fashn stunt and fds himself on the twalk.

THE BT GAY AND LBIAN FILMS OF THE 2000S

Pedro, a gay man wh an active social life and many iends, tak his nephew Bernardo for a uple weeks. After a gay party planner disvers his brother is behd the ernor's speech agast gay marriage, he cis to go on strike for equal rights. Peter is wily nsired to be the first recurrg gay character to ever appear on televisn; he was so entertag, though, he should’ve been a seri regular.

He was one of the first gay men livg wh AIDS to be featured on televisn, and what’s more, his mment ceremony to boyiend Sean Sasser was the first same-sex unn broadst on televisn. It marked the first time a character ever publicly clared out loud, “I’m gay, ” on televisn. It undoubtedly paved the way for more gay characters TV as Folk (2000–2005)©Showtime Networks Inc.

More notably, though, was the first hour-long Amerin show to foc solely on the liv of LGBTQ+ people, makg one of the most groundbreakg gay TV shows on this & Grace (1998–2006, 2017–2020)AF archive / Alamy Stock PhotoWill & Grace don’t have any firsts, really. What’s so trailblazg about Will & Grace was how normal was; featured two gay men at the center who were happy, well-adjted, and succsful—for the most part.