Well ’s October, a spooky ltle month for all to stare at our televisn and say “where are the gay thgs? If I turn on Netflix, what will I fd there? Or Amazon?!?!?!! Or HULU!?!?! What about HBO Max?? I am here to tell you! Netflix Content for Gals, Gays and Theys October 2021 The Baby-Sters Club:
Contents:
- JULY 2022: WHAT’S NEW AND GAY AND STREAMG ON HBO MAX, AMAZON PRIME VIO, NETFLIX, HULU, DISNEY+ AND PARAMOUNT+
- MARCH 2022: WHAT’S NEW, GAY AND STREAMG ON NETFLIX, HULU, HBO MAX, AMAZON PRIME, PEACK AND PARAMOUNT+
- OCTOBER 2021: WHAT’S NEW, GAY AND STREAMG ON NETFLIX, HULU, HBO MAX, AMAZON PRIME, PEACK AND APPLE TV – AUTOSTRADDLE
JULY 2022: WHAT’S NEW AND GAY AND STREAMG ON HBO MAX, AMAZON PRIME VIO, NETFLIX, HULU, DISNEY+ AND PARAMOUNT+
While the central relatnship was not explicly sexual, was generally terpreted as homoerotic, and there were ndid discsns of homosexualy that were taboo-breakg when the origal ic was published. The seri foced on a lbian uple and the teenage children they foster and adopt, which clud a son who eventually out as gay himself. Morn Love's romantic storyl are based on stallments om the newspaper's popular, long-nng lumn of the same name, and while not every relatnship featured the seri is an LGBTQ+ one, several of the episos feature thentic portrayals of gay characters wh heartwarmg pth and fully flhed-out stori, somethg many shows often fail at by g token LGBTQ+ characters.
Queer as Folk was another historilly important LGBTQ+ show, butg the UK 1999 when was a rare tailed pictn of gay men's liv. Liberal party lear Jeremy Thorpe's (Hugh Grant) gay affairs beg to emerge to the public doma, and he is willg to go to any lengths to keep them secret. A Very English Sndal sheds light on some of the dark history of homophobia Bra, as well as featurg the likably proud and unashamed Norman Stt, played by Ben Whishaw.
MARCH 2022: WHAT’S NEW, GAY AND STREAMG ON NETFLIX, HULU, HBO MAX, AMAZON PRIME, PEACK AND PARAMOUNT+
It’s a h take on the superhero genre and featur a gay storyle wh one of the lead characters, which we hope will be explored further tail the upg send season.
The seri ma stris for gay Ain-Amerin men on the ltle screen, wh ma character Jamal Lyon (Jsie Smollett) breakg boundari as an openly gay R&B sger-songwrer.
Sce s but, the show has been mend for s diversy; over the urse of 16 seasons, we’ve been troduced to characters who are lbian, gay, bisexual and trans, so pretty much the entire LGBT acronym, which many shows have failed to do. Eric Stontreet and Jse Tyler Fergon have received universal acclaim for their portrayal as gay uple Cameron Tucker and Mchell Prchett, both receivg Primetime Emmy Awards. Set New York Cy, the show foc on the relatnship between Will Tman (Eric McCormack) – who beme one of the first and most well-known fictnal gay men to enter to people’s hom – and his bt iend Grace Adler (Debra Msg).
OCTOBER 2021: WHAT’S NEW, GAY AND STREAMG ON NETFLIX, HULU, HBO MAX, AMAZON PRIME, PEACK AND APPLE TV – AUTOSTRADDLE
Beyond the thorny topic of “Transparent, ” Prime do have a good track rerd of releasg shows wh LGBTQ characters and centerg their narrativ on queer them; particular, many of their shows foc on queer woman, rehgly avoidg the centerg of gay men that fed queer TV for s. In October last year, the pany’s Amazon Freevee ee streamg divisn dropped “High School”: a tenr and lovely g-of-age show spired by the liv of gay mic ins Tegan and Sara. Perhaps the ultimate fort watch, “Scht’s Creek” famoly was a world where homophobia didn’t exist, and the gay characters were ee to be as cuddly and as msy as their straight unterparts.
And even gog past Patrick and David’s romance though, many of the non-gay characters still have a strong queer appeal; “A Ltle B Alexis, ” anyone? 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). Although the show has been dged recent years for the perceived stereotypg of s gay characters — pecially Sean Hay’ bed-hoppg queen Jack — ’s origal eight-season n holds up as a fun, sharply wrten s, and one of the first of s kd to give gay characters the full spotlight they serve.