Gay characters the post-Stonewall era go a lot wir and eper than ‘Will & Grace’ and ‘Ellen.’
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LBGTQ TV: A HISTORY OF GAY CHARACTERS, OM STONEWALL TO ‘BATWOMAN’
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! * years and years gay tv show *
Wh each new season, the seri has bee creasgly queer wh stori explorg pansexualy and what means to be gay or transgenr. 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.
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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.
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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.
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