From gay pirat and lbian baseball players to queer vampir and ballroom legends, this was a hugely entertag year for LGBTQ+ TV.
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2022 IS THE YEAR TV FALLY GOT GAY
THEIR IMPACT: When Abishola’s niece me out as a lbian November 2021, the CBS edy began a nversatn about the pervasivens of homophobia Nigerian culture. “Bee I’m gay and my fay is Nigerian, I know what ’s like, ” seri -creator Ga Yashere told TVLe at the time. “I’m lucky I was born outsi of Nigeria, so I haven’t had the same stggl that my gay brothers and sisters have had wh Nigeria, and the problems that they’re havg: beg arrted all the time, beg harassed when they go out [and] beg thrown out of their fai.
THEIR IMPACT: In this age of “Don’t Say Gay” bills and other forms of blatant homophobia, this Netflix seri — and the romance between lead characters Nick (Connor) and Charlie (Locke) — wasn’t jt enarg but val lettg kids know that if they’re non-straight, don’t mean they’re bad or wrong. 1 on the ll sheet — is a Black gay man, ” says seri -creator Cameron Johnson, who also acknowledg the rary of beg able to tell stori about a gay man who isn’t a TV show’s “addnal character. The new, gay Chucky TV seri end 's explosive and entertag first season recently, and then was renewed.
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WHAT 9 MOVI AND SHOWS WH GAY CHARACTERS MEANT TO ME
— Samantha AllenOur Flag Means Death (HBO Max)Shownner David Jenks raised the qutn “What if the most famo pirate history was gay? It also shows how harmful homophobia is, but wh a gentle touch — and ’s thartic.
The appropriately Southern Gothic-ized monster story is fiantly queer (this is the gay sex Harry Styl warned you about), but s pictn of doomed gay love is also boldly unialized. — Mathew RodriguezGirls 5eva (Peack)The send season of Girls 5eva may not have By Philipps cg queer theory she learned while listeng to dbooks on Peloton, but isn’t any ls lightfully gay om top to bottom. — Juan BarquLos Espookys (HBO)Even before aired, the latt season of Los Espookys felt like a gift to the weird art gays.