Here's our list of the Bt Gay movi and LGBTQ+ TV shows of the year that was 2022 — and what a queer year was!
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IN 1955 AN AMERIN TV SHOW DID THE UNTHKABLE: IT AMBHED A HIROSHIMA SURVIVOR WH AN ENOLA GAY PILOT
Geni Pictur has optned Emmett Monterey’s memoir about growg up gay and disabled 1980s London for TV adaptatn. * good gay tv show *
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One of the earlit h shows to center around gay characters, “Will & Grace” foced on the tense, more than a ltle -pennt iendship between gay lawyer Will (Eric McCormack) and straight terr rator Grace (Debra Msg).