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
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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. Hilary Duff stars the new show alongsi gay edian Tien Tran who will star as Ellen, a woman who moved to New York om a farmg town after separatg om her wife.
Gay men dipped slightly, reprentg 49 characters, or 35 percent, down five percent. The new, gay Chucky TV seri end 's explosive and entertag first season recently, and then was renewed.