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THE 28 BT LGBTQ+ TV SHOWS TO STREAM RIGHT NOWCELEBRATE PRI MONTH BY BGEG DRAG RACE, THE OTHER TWO, HEARTSTOPPER, AND MORE LGBTQ+ GEMS.BY TYLER BREFELLERJUNE 9, 2023FROM LEFT, URTY OF SHOWTIME, HBO, AND NETFLIX. SAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVEIT SEEMS LUDICRO THAT THERE WAS A TIME, NOT TOO LONG AGO, WHEN LGBTQ+ TV SHOWS WEREN’T STANDARD FARE. PERHAPS ONE WOULD E OUT EVERY UPLE OF YEARS, N FOR A FEW SEASONS, MAKE HISTORY, AND THEN FIZZLE OUT. THANKFULLY, THE TELEVISN LANDSPE HAS CHANGED TREMENDOLY THE PAST . THERE ARE SHOWS THAT HAVE QUEER CHARACTERS, SHOWS THAT ARE HERENTLY QUEER, AND SHOWS THAT LAMPOON MAJOR RPORATNS TRYG TO PASS OFF AMORPHO GOO AS QUEER REPRENTATN. WHAT MORE ULD YOU ASK FOR?IF YOU’VE FOUND YOURSELF LOOKG TO WATCH SOMETHG THAT FALLS TO ONE OF THOSE TEGORI (OR SOMEWHERE BETWEEN), WE’VE PILED THE BT LGBTQ+ TV SHOWS THAT ARE STREAMG NOW. FROM RUPL’S DRAG RACE TO HARLEY QUN, YOU N FD THEM ALL BELOW.28. QUEER AS FOLK (2022)FOR BETTER OR WORSE, THE SHORT-LIVED REBOOT OF RSELL T DAVI’S GROUNDBREAKG SERI SEEMED TERMED TO ATONE FOR THE ORIGAL’S SOAPY PICTN OF QUEER LIFE. STARRG DEV WAY, F ARG, AND RYAN O’CONNELL, QUEER AS FOLK FOLLOWS A DIVERSE NEW ORLEANS MUNY THE AFTERMATH OF A TRAGEDY THAT RELLS THE 2016 PULSE SHOOTG. IF YOU DON’T MD SUCH TRMA UNRSRG THIS ENTERTAGLY MSY WEB OF CHARACTERS, ’S A DRAMA WORTH DIPPG TO.POWERED BYJTWATCH27. SEX EDUTN (2019)THE RELATNSHIP BETWEEN SEX EDUTN’S ERIC (NCUTI GATWA) AND ADAM (CONNOR SWLLS) HAS S ISSU, BUT GATWA IS SUCH A STANDOUT THE ACCLAIMED SERI THAT MOST ARE WORTH OVERLOOKG. HE’S JT THAT MAGIC. THE SHOW OTHERWISE FOLLOWS OTIS (ASA BUTTERFIELD), A HIGH SCHOOL STUNT WHO SETS UP AN UNRGROUND SEX THERAPY CLIC WH ANOTHER ONE OF HIS CLASSMAT (EMMA MACKEY). MIXG ANK DISCSNS WH IMPOSSIBLE-TO-HATE CHARACTERS, SEX EDUTN HAS BEEN A BOON FOR NETFLIX SCE S BUT—AND ’S NEVER TOO LATE TO HOP ON THE BANDWAGON.POWERED BYJTWATCH26. DRAG ME TO DNER (2023)MOST POPULARTHE CAST OF OPPENHEIMER AND THE REAL PEOPLE THEY PLAYBY HILLARY BISVANY FAIR’S “IT’S RAG TEENS” COVER AT 20: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?BY SAVANNAH WALSHSOUND OF FREEDOM: THE WILD TE STORY BEHD 2023’S MOST CONTROVERSIAL FILMBY EVE BATEYA WHIRLWD OF A REALY SHOW, DRAG ME TO DNER THROWS SOME OF THE BIGGT NAM DRAG TO THE KCHEN. SORT OF. EACH EPISO SE TWO PAIRS OF QUEENS (THE FIRST EPISO PS JKX MONSOON AND BENDELACREME AGAST JACKIE BEAT AND SHERRY VE) FACE OFF A THEMATIC DNER PARTY BATTLE. DER, FOOD, AND CKTAILS MT ALL BE PREPARED, AND THE PRENTATNS ARE NEVER WHAT YOU EXPECT THEM TO BE. (A SPEAKEASY? A MURR MYSTERY? A KE BIRTH?!) AT THE END OF THE DAY, ’S A SHOWSE FOR THE SHEER CREATIVE FORCE THAT IS DRAG, SO YOU MAY AS WELL GIVE TO THE CHAOS AND ALLOW TO ENTERTA YOU AT EVERY UNPREDICTABLE TURN.POWERED BYJTWATCH25. THE SEX LIV OF COLLEGE GIRLS (2021)COCREATED BY MDY KALG, SEX LIV OF COLLEGE GIRLS IS A ROMP THAT FOLLOWS FOUR ROOMMAT AS THEY AL WH THE MANY UPS AND DOWNS OF NEWFOUND PENNCE. RENEé RAPP’S LEIGHTON, A WEALTHY LEGACY STUNT, IS A STANDOUT; HER ROLE AS THE GROUP’S OBLIGATORY üBER-NFINT MEAN GIRL IS QUICKLY SUBVERTED WHEN SHE BEGS G TO TERMS WH HER SEXUALY. AND THOUGH THE GIRLS’ LOVE TERTS E AND GO, THEIR IENDSHIP REMAS THE SERI’ SECRET WEAPON.POWERED BYJTWATCH24. XO, KTY (2023)MOST POPULARTHE CAST OF OPPENHEIMER AND THE REAL PEOPLE THEY PLAYBY HILLARY BISVANY FAIR’S “IT’S RAG TEENS” COVER AT 20: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?BY SAVANNAH WALSHSOUND OF FREEDOM: THE WILD TE STORY BEHD 2023’S MOST CONTROVERSIAL FILMBY EVE BATEYXO, KTY ULD HAVE FALLEN FLAT THE SHADOW OF THE MOVI WAS SPUN OFF OM, BUT ANNA CATHRT WORKS WONRS AS A YOUNGER SISTER FALLY STEPPG TO THE SPOTLIGHT. SET AFTER THE TO ALL THE BOYS FILMS, THIS SERI FOLLOWS CATHRT’S KTY SONG COVEY HALFWAY ACROSS THE WORLD AS SHE ATTEMPTS TO RENNECT WH HER LONG-DISTANCE BOYIEND. ON HER OWN FOR THE FIRST TIME, THOUGH, THE CHARACTER WHO ONCE NSIRED HERSELF AN EXPERT ON LOVE REALIZ SHE HAS MUCH MORE TO LEARN. AT TURNS CLEVER, HEARTWARMG, AND OVER-THE-TOP, XO, KTY IS BETTER THAN HAS ANY RIGHT TO BE. (SEE FOR YOURSELF.)POWERED BYJTWATCH23. ELE (2018)THIS SOAPY SPANISH SERI MAK FOR QUE THE GUILTY PLEASURE BGE-WATCH. WH SIX SEASONS ALREADY UNR S BELT, ELE BLENDS MURR-MYSTERY ELEMENTS WH HIGH SCHOOL DRAMA TO ADDICTG EFFECT; THE RELATNSHIPS ARE EXPLOSIVE, THE PARTI ARE ADLY, AND THE CHARACTERS ARE THEIR OWN WORST ENEMI. WHAT MORE ULD YOU WANT?POWERED BYJTWATCH22. THE L WORD: GENERATN Q (2019)MOST POPULARTHE CAST OF OPPENHEIMER AND THE REAL PEOPLE THEY PLAYBY HILLARY BISVANY FAIR’S “IT’S RAG TEENS” COVER AT 20: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?BY SAVANNAH WALSHSOUND OF FREEDOM: THE WILD TE STORY BEHD 2023’S MOST CONTROVERSIAL FILMBY EVE BATEYTHOUGH YOU’LL PROBABLY WANT TO SHAKE THE SCREEN TRATN (REPEATEDLY!), THIS NTUATN OF THE L WORD FOLLOWS CHARACTERS NEW AND OLD AS THEY STUMBLE THROUGH SELF-DISVERY AND LOVE. JENNIFER BEALS, KATE MOENNIG, AND LEISHA HAILEY, WHO REPRISE THEIR ROL OM THE ORIGAL SERI, ARE JOED BY AN ENSEMBLE OF ACTORS AS DIVERSE AS THE CHARACTERS THEY PORTRAY. DPE—OR PERHAPS BEE OF—HOW MSY THE SERI GETS, ’S HARD NOT TO FALL FOR THEM.POWERED BYJTWATCH21. HARLEY QUN (2019)Y, THERE IS A CURRENTLY AIRG SHOW WHICH HARLEY QUN (VOICED BY KALEY CUO) AND POISON IVY (VOICED BY LAKE BELL) HAVE A HEARTFELT NVERSATN ABOUT THEIR RELATNSHIP WHILE THE MIDST OF A SATANIC Y. THIS SERI, WHICH IS AS OFF-THE-WALL AS THAT LAST SENTENCE WOULD HAVE YOU BELIEVE, LEANS TO ALL OF THE CHARACTERS’ WORST STCTS—AND IS ALL THE BETTER FOR . SURE, ’S BLOOD-SOAKED AND OBNOX. BUT IF YOU SQUT, ’S ALSO A MEDATN ON REVENGE, LOVE, AND CHOOSG TO DO THE RIGHT THG. POWERED BYJTWATCH20. YELLOWJACKETS (2021)MOST POPULARTHE CAST OF OPPENHEIMER AND THE REAL PEOPLE THEY PLAYBY HILLARY BISVANY FAIR’S “IT’S RAG TEENS” COVER AT 20: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?BY SAVANNAH WALSHSOUND OF FREEDOM: THE WILD TE STORY BEHD 2023’S MOST CONTROVERSIAL FILMBY EVE BATEYSPEAKG OF BLOOD-SOAKED…WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF A HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS SOCCER TEAM WAS STRAND THE WILRNS FOR 19 MONTHS? YELLOWJACKETS ATTEMPTS TO ANSWER THAT QUTN—WH NNIBALISM, ROMANCE, AND A HEALTHY DOSE OF MYSTICISM MIXED FOR GOOD MEASURE. WHILE TEASG ANYTHG ABOUT THE LIV OF THE SURVIVORS WOULD SPOIL SOME STORYL FOR THE UNIATED, RT ASSURED THAT ’S A SERI YOU N SK YOUR TEETH TO. AND BIS, WE N ALWAYS E MORE CIZEN TECTIV.POWERED BYJTWATCH19. WE’RE HERE (2020)IF YOU PREFER SHOWS THAT WILL TUG AT YOUR HEARTSTRGS, WE’RE HERE IS ONE YOU SHOULDN’T MISS. STARRG DRAG RACE ALUMNI BOB THE DRAG QUEEN, EUREKA O’HARA, AND SHANGELA, THIS AWARD-WNG REALY SERI FOLLOWS THE TR TO SMALL TOWNS ACROSS AMERI AS THEY REC LOLS TO STAR A ONE-NIGHT-ONLY SHOW—AND DISPEL HARMFUL STEREOTYP ALONG THE WAY. POWERED BYJTWATCH18. EUPHORIA (2019)MOST POPULARTHE CAST OF OPPENHEIMER AND THE REAL PEOPLE THEY PLAYBY HILLARY BISVANY FAIR’S “IT’S RAG TEENS” COVER AT 20: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?BY SAVANNAH WALSHSOUND OF FREEDOM: THE WILD TE STORY BEHD 2023’S MOST CONTROVERSIAL FILMBY EVE BATEYWHAT ELSE IS THERE TO SAY ABOUT HBO’S HYPERSTYLIZED TEEN DRAMA? EUPHORIA FOLLOWS AN ENSEMBLE LED BY ZENDAYA, HUNTER SCHAFER, AND JAB ELORDI AS THEY AL WH EVERY ISSUE UNR THE SUN. AT S HEART, THOUGH, ARE RELATNSHIPS SO RAW THEY ARE NSTANTLY G APART AT THE SEAMS. IT’S FAR OM A SHOW FOR EVERYONE, BUT THE SPECIAL EPISOS RELEASED 2020 AND 2021 ARE, AT LEAST, BETIFUL SHOWS OF THE SERI AT S BT.POWERED BYJTWATCH17. DICKSON (2019)THIS ANACHRONISTIC LIGHT PICTS EY DICKSON’S LIFE AS HER WRG LEADS HER TO N UP AGAST GENR ROL, SEXUAL INTY, AND OTHER STANDARDS OF HER ERA. THE SERI STARS HAILEE STEFELD, AND S BEATG HEART IS DICKSON’S RELATNSHIP WH SUE (ELLA HUNT), HER BT IEND TURNED SISTER--LAW, WHOM SHE RECKONS WH EVER-EVOLVG FEELGS FOR. WH GUT STARS CLUDG JOHN MULANEY (AS HENRY DAVID THORE), ZIWE (AS SOJOURNER TTH), AND BILLY EICHNER (AS WALT WHMAN), WHAT’S NOT TO LOVE?POWERED BYJTWATCH16. SCHT’S CREEK (2015)MOST POPULARTHE CAST OF OPPENHEIMER AND THE REAL PEOPLE THEY PLAYBY HILLARY BISVANY FAIR’S “IT’S RAG TEENS” COVER AT 20: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?BY SAVANNAH WALSHSOUND OF FREEDOM: THE WILD TE STORY BEHD 2023’S MOST CONTROVERSIAL FILMBY EVE BATEYIF YOU DON’T ALREADY LOVE SCHT’S CREEK, YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO DO. (OR SOMEONE WHOSE MOM DO.) THE SHOW, WHICH STARTED AS A SMALL CANADIAN S, BEME SUCH A PHENOMENON S FAL SEASONS THAT SWEPT ALL SEVEN MAJOR EDY TEGORI AT THE 2020 EMMYS. IT FOLLOWS THE ONCE WEALTHY ROSE FAY (EUGENE LEVY, CATHERE O’HARA, DAN LEVY, AND ANNIE MURPHY) AS THEY RELOTE TO A SMALL TOWN—AND ’S SIMPLY THE BT.POWERED BYJTWATCH15. HACKS (2021)JEAN SMART STARS AS A LEGENDARY STAND-UP EDIAN WHOSE FADG LEGACY MANDS SHE TAKE A YOUNGER WRER, PLAYED BY HANNAH EBR, UNR HER WG. THE TWO HAVE AN ELECTRIC CHEMISTRY, AND THEIR EXPLOS TAKE THEM ACROSS AMERI AS THEY NONT THE WORST PARTS OF THEIR PASTS. (AND SURVIVE A LBIAN CISE.) CARL CLEMONS-HOPKS, KAL OLSON, PL W. DOWNS, AND MEGAN STALTER ROUND OUT THE EXCEPTNAL ST.POWERED BYJTWATCH14. VENENO (2020)MOST POPULARTHE CAST OF OPPENHEIMER AND THE REAL PEOPLE THEY PLAYBY HILLARY BISVANY FAIR’S “IT’S RAG TEENS” COVER AT 20: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?BY SAVANNAH WALSHSOUND OF FREEDOM: THE WILD TE STORY BEHD 2023’S MOST CONTROVERSIAL FILMBY EVE BATEYVENENO IS A POWERFUL LIMED SERI THAT SPOTLIGHTS JT HOW VIBRANT AND RILIENT THE QUEER MUNY IS. BASED ON THE TE STORY OF SPANISH TRANS IN CRISTA ORTIZ RODRíGUEZ, BETTER KNOWN AS LA VENENO, THE SERI LV TO THE PLEXI OF GENR INTY AND SEXUALY, SHOWSG THE CHALLENG FACED BY TRANS DIVIDUALS WHILE CELEBRATG THEIR TRIUMPHS. IT’S A MT-WATCH FOR ANYONE—PECIALLY GIVEN THE CURRENT WAR AGAST TRANSGENR RIGHTS.POWERED BYJTWATCH13. LOS ESPOOKYS (2019)PERHAPS THE MOST LIGHTFULLY QUIRKY SHOW ON THIS LIST, LOS ESPOOKYS IS AN UTTERLY ORIGAL EDY THAT EMBRAC THE ABSURD. IT FOLLOWS A GROUP OF IENDS A FICTNAL LAT AMERIN UNTRY WHO TURN THEIR LOVE FOR HORROR TO A BS—ALL THE WHILE SEAMLSLY WEAVG QUEER CHARACTERS AND STEREOTYPE-FYG STORYL TO THE FABRIC OF S HUMOR. ANDRéS (JUL TORR) IS PUTTG UP WH THE FUTURE HBAND HIS PARENTS CHOSE FOR HIM. TATI (ANA FABREGA) NAVIGAT BOTH HER ROMANTIC RELATNSHIPS AND HER ROLE THE GROUP WH CREDIBLE, DIM-WTED CHARM. OH, AND DID WE MENTN STS KIM PETRAS AS SECRETARY OF STATE? POWERED BYJTWATCH12. GENTLEMAN JACK (2019)MOST POPULARTHE CAST OF OPPENHEIMER AND THE REAL PEOPLE THEY PLAYBY HILLARY BISVANY FAIR’S “IT’S RAG TEENS” COVER AT 20: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?BY SAVANNAH WALSHSOUND OF FREEDOM: THE WILD TE STORY BEHD 2023’S MOST CONTROVERSIAL FILMBY EVE BATEYGENTLEMAN JACK IS A RARE HISTORIL DRAMA THAT SH A SPOTLIGHT ON A REAL QUEER FIGURE. IT’S FOCED ON THE LIFE OF ANNE LISTER (SURANNE JON), A 19TH-CENTURY ENGLISH WOMAN WHO HERED HER UNCLE'S TATE. THE SERI FEARLSLY EXPLOR ANNE’S LIFE AS A LBIAN WOMAN NAVIGATG A SOCIETY THAT REF TO ACCEPT HER. THROUGH HER UNAPOLOGETIC CHARACTER—AND HER CHARACTER’S DANGERO LOVE AFFAIR WH ANN WALKER (SOPHIE RUNDLE)—GENTLEMAN JACK SHEDS LIGHT ON A HIDN PART OF HISTORY THROUGH THE LENS OF A N’T-LOOK-AWAY DRAMA.POWERED BYJTWATCH11. INTERVIEW WH THE VAMPIRE (2022)THIS H ADAPTATN OF ANNE RICE’S 1976 NOVEL WAS ONE OF 2022’S BT TV SHOWS. THE SERI, STARRG JAB ANRSON AND SAM REID, IS A GOTHIC TOUR FORCE; CENTERS ON THE LIFE OF LOUIS POTE DU LAC (ANRSON) AS HE RELLS BEG SCED AND TURNED TO A VAMPIRE BY THE ADLY LTAT LNURT (REID). UNLIKE THE 1994 FILM, INTERVIEW WH THE VAMPIRE EMBRAC THE QUEER ELEMENTS OF THE STORY, MAKG S CENTRAL RELATNSHIP AS BETIFUL AND PASSNATE AS IS TOXIC.POWERED BYJTWATCH10. OUR FLAG MEANS DEATH (2022)MOST POPULARTHE CAST OF OPPENHEIMER AND THE REAL PEOPLE THEY PLAYBY HILLARY BISVANY FAIR’S “IT’S RAG TEENS” COVER AT 20: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?BY SAVANNAH WALSHSOUND OF FREEDOM: THE WILD TE STORY BEHD 2023’S MOST CONTROVERSIAL FILMBY EVE BATEYKNOWG THAT RHYS DARBY AND TAIKA WAI PORTRAY TWO PIRAT WHO FALL LOVE SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO NVCE YOU TO WATCH THIS TELEVISN SHOW, BUT WHAT IF I TOLD YOU THAT THE RT OF THE ST IS JT AS CHARMG? OUR FLAG MEANS DEATH IS LOOSELY BASED ON THE LIFE OF STE BON (DARBY), A WELL-TO-DO ARISTOCRAT WHO TURNS TO PIRACY BEE, WELL, HE FEELS LIKE . THE SERI FOLLOWS HIS CREW AS THEY STGGLE TO SURVIVE AT SEA AND EARN THE REPUTATNS THEY SIRE. WH A SEND SEASON ON THE WAY, N THEY KEEP SUCH A GOOD THG GOG? ONLY TIME WILL TELL.POWERED BYJTWATCH9. RUPL’S DRAG RACE (2009)STARTG RUPL’S DRAG RACE IS AN UNRTAKG THAT WILL TAKE YOU WELL BEYOND PRI MONTH. THE EMMY-WNG SERI, WHICH NCLUD S 15TH SEASON THIS YEAR, HAS BEEN AN UNRIVALED FORCE HELPG DRAG CROSS OVER TO THE MASTREAM. LEGENDARY PERFORMERS LIKE ALYSSA EDWARDS, SASHA COLBY, AND TRIXIE MATTEL HAVE WALKED THE NWAY, AND THOUGH SOME SEASONS ARE BETTER THAN OTHERS, ’S IMPOSSIBLE TO QUANTIFY THE IMPACT THE SHOW HAS HAD ON A GENERATN OF QUEER PEOPLE. NO, ISN’T PERFECT BY ANY MEANS. BUT ’S PRETTY DAMN ENTERTAG.PRO TIP: IF THE SHOW’S ORIGAL FILTER SR YOU OFF, TRY STARTG OM SEASON FOUR.POWERED BYJTWATCH8. THE LAST OF US (2023)MOST POPULARTHE CAST OF OPPENHEIMER AND THE REAL PEOPLE THEY PLAYBY HILLARY BISVANY FAIR’S “IT’S RAG TEENS” COVER AT 20: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?BY SAVANNAH WALSHSOUND OF FREEDOM: THE WILD TE STORY BEHD 2023’S MOST CONTROVERSIAL FILMBY EVE BATEYDPE THE BLEAK WORLD THE SERI TAK PLACE , HBO’S ADAPTATN OF THE LAST OF US OFFERED UP SOME OF THIS YEAR’S MOST POIGNANT MOMENTS. JOEL (PEDRO PASL) AND ELLIE’S (BELLA RAMSEY) QUT FOR SURVIVAL ANCHORS THE ZOMBIE TALE, BUT THE SHOW’S WAY OF VELOPG SI CHARACTERS SUCH AS KATHLEEN (MELANIA LYNSKEY), BILL (NICK OFFERMAN), AND FRANK (MURRAY BARTLETT) IS WHAT MA S FIRST SEASON A PHENOMENON. JT MAKE SURE YOU HAVE TISSU HANDY.POWERED BYJTWATCH7. THE HNTG OF BLY MANOR (2020)THE QUEER LOVE STORY THE SEND STALLMENT OF NETFLIX’S HNTG ANTHOLOGY SNEAKS UP ON YOU, AND THAT’S PRECISELY WHAT MAK SO POTENT. THE HNTG OF BLY MANOR, BASED ON THE WORKS OF HENRY JAM, TELLS THE STORY OF THOSE UGHT THE SUPERNATURAL GOGS-ON OF THE EPONYMO MANOR. VICTORIA PEDRETTI PLAYS DANI, AN AMERIN WOMAN WHO FLE TRAGEDY AND BEGS WORKG AS AN PAIR FOR THE CHILDREN WHO LIVE THERE. OTHERS UGHT THE MANOR’S TRAGIC WEB CLU THE HOEKEEPER (T’NIA MILLER), THE GARNER (AMELIA EVE), AND THE OK (RAHUL KOHLI). TELLG YOU HOW, EXACTLY, WOULD THE FUN.POWERED BYJTWATCH6. A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN (2022)MOST POPULARTHE CAST OF OPPENHEIMER AND THE REAL PEOPLE THEY PLAYBY HILLARY BISVANY FAIR’S “IT’S RAG TEENS” COVER AT 20: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?BY SAVANNAH WALSHSOUND OF FREEDOM: THE WILD TE STORY BEHD 2023’S MOST CONTROVERSIAL FILMBY EVE BATEYAN ADAPTATN OF THE 1992 FILM OF THE SAME NAME, A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN STARS ABBI JABSON, D'ARCY CARN, AND CHANTé ADAMS AS PLAYERS FOR THE WORLD WAR II–ERA ROCKFORD PEACH. THE SERI EXPLOR QUEERNS, RACE, AND GENR INTY WAYS THE FILM SHIED AWAY OM (SPOILER ALERT: JABSON’S CARSON HAS A PASSNATE AFFAIR WH CARN’S GRETA), AND THE LONG-FORM NARRATIVE GIV MORE TEAM MEMBERS SPACE TO VELOP. AN ADD BON? IT’S ONE OF THE FUNNIT SHOWS STREAMG NOW.POWERED BYJTWATCH5. IT’S A S (2021)CREATED BY RSELL T DAVI (THE MD BEHD THE ORIGAL QUEER AS FOLK), IT’S A S FOLLOWS A GROUP OF GAY MEN AND THEIR IENDS DURG THE AIDS CRISIS. THE MISERI TAK PLACE OVER THE SPAN OF A , TAILG EACH CHARACTER’S ATTEMPT TO LIVE FULLY SPE THE THREAT THAT SEEMS TO CIRCLE EVER CLOSER. OLLY ALEXANR STARS, LYDIA WT SH, AND CALLUM STT HOWELLS WILL BREAK YOUR HEART.POWERED BYJTWATCH4. POSE (2018)MOST POPULARTHE CAST OF OPPENHEIMER AND THE REAL PEOPLE THEY PLAYBY HILLARY BISVANY FAIR’S “IT’S RAG TEENS” COVER AT 20: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?BY SAVANNAH WALSHSOUND OF FREEDOM: THE WILD TE STORY BEHD 2023’S MOST CONTROVERSIAL FILMBY EVE BATEYTHIS GROUNDBREAKG SERI STARRG MICHAELA JAé RODRIGUEZ, BILLY PORTER, DOMIQUE JACKSON, AND INDYA MOORE (AMONG MANY OTHERS) IS SET THE WORLD OF NEW YORK’S UNRGROUND BALL CULTURE. IT PORTRAYS THE STGGL AND CELEBRATNS OF LARGER-THAN-LIFE CHARACTERS LOOSELY SPIRED BY THOSE WHO FED QUEERNS FOR A GENERATN—AND RARELY DO A SHOW BALANCE DARKNS AND LIGHT AS WELL AS THIS ONE. (SEE: SEASON TWO’S “NEVER KNEW LOVE LIKE THIS BEFORE.”) POSE, MUCH LIKE S CHARACTERS, IS TLY ONE OF A KD.POWERED BYJTWATCH3. HEARTSTOPPER (2022)IF YOU NEED A SHOW THAT FEELS LIKE A WARM HUG, LOOK NO FURTHER. HEARTSTOPPER TELLS THE STORY OF NICK (K CONNOR) AND CHARLIE (JOE LOCKE), TWO BOYS WHO FALL FOR EACH OTHER AFTER CROSSG PATHS AT SCHOOL. NICK, “A GBY PLAYER WH THE MEANOR OF A GOLN RETRIEVER,” HAS ALWAYS THOUGHT OF HIMSELF AS STRAIGHT, BUT HIS JOURNEY OF SELF-DISVERY NS ALONGSI CHARLIE’S QUT FOR A B OF SELF-NFINCE. IT ISN’T A SPOILER TO TELL YOU THAT THERE IS NO TRAGEDY HERE; NONE OF THE STUNTS AT THEIR BRISH ALL-BOYS SCHOOL VELOP A MYSTER ILLNS, NOR DO ANY OF THEIR IENDS SUDNLY VANISH. (PERHAPS THE MOST SHOCKG TWIST WHEN NICK’S MOTHER, PORTRAYED BY A CERTA CELEBRATED ACTOR, FIRST APPEARS ONSCREEN.) IT’S SWEET, ’S REHG, AND ’S ALREADY BEEN RENEWED FOR ANOTHER SEASON.POWERED BYJTWATCH2. WHAT WE DO THE SHADOWS (2019)MOST POPULARTHE CAST OF OPPENHEIMER AND THE REAL PEOPLE THEY PLAYBY HILLARY BISVANY FAIR’S “IT’S RAG TEENS” COVER AT 20: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?BY SAVANNAH WALSHSOUND OF FREEDOM: THE WILD TE STORY BEHD 2023’S MOST CONTROVERSIAL FILMBY EVE BATEYWHAT WE DO THE SHADOWS IS A BRILLIANT SHOW ON MULTIPLE ONTS: IT’S A HILAR MOCKUMENTARY-STYLE EDY; FTLY RPORAT QUEER INTI; AND PROV THAT SOME PEOPLE REALLY DO JT SUCK THE FUN OUT OF A ROOM. THE SERI FOLLOWS A GROUP OF ECCENTRIC VAMPIR AND THEIR FAIAR AS THEY NAVIGATE THE MORN WORLD. GUILLERMO, THE LOYAL HUMAN PLAYED BY HARVEY GUILLéN, IS A PARTICULAR BRIGHT SPOT AS HE EMBARKS ON A JOURNEY OF SELF-DISVERY AND GRAPPL WH HIS OWN INTY AND SEXUALY. POWERED BYJTWATCH1. THE OTHER TWO (2019)NO SHOW HAS S FGER ON THE PULSE QUE LIKE THE OTHER TWO DO. THE SERI REVOLV AROUND TWO SIBLGS, CARY (DREW TARVER) AND BROOKE (HELéNE YORKE), WHOSE LIV ARE UPEND WHEN THEIR TEENAGE BROTHER BE AN OVERNIGHT SENSATN. OVER THREE SEASONS, THE TWO RECKON WH FAME, LOVE, AND WHAT MEANS TO BE A SEMI-NOTABLE GAY PERSON ON SOCIAL MEDIA. IN ONE EPISO, CARY IS TOO VA TO SEE LOVERS (TUC WATKS AND NOAH GALV) POSG AS A FATHER AND SON FOR WHAT THEY ARE. IN ANOTHER, BROOKE TRI SPERATELY TO ATTEND THE EXCLIVE UNVEILG OF “A NEW HADID SISTER.” ITS HUMOR IS WHIP-SMART, S EMOTNAL BEATS ARE BTALLY CUTTG, AND MOLLY SHANNON’S PAT DUBEK IS A REVELATN. IF YOU HAVEN’T FALLEN UNR S SPELL YET, NOW IS CERTALY THE TIME.POWERED BYJTWATCHMORE GREAT STORI FROM VANY FAIR“IT’S RAG TEENS” AT 20: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?THE BT TV SHOWS OF 2023, SO FARSEX TOYS, FANCIAL CRIM, AND THE ORIG OF BARBIETHAT SOUND YOU HEAR IS DONALD TMP SCREAMG, CRYG, AND THROWG UP A MAR-A-LAGO BATHROOMIVANKA TMP IS NOT LETTG HER DAD’S MOUNTG LEGAL WO RU HER SUMMERINSI THE ACTORS STRIKE PRS APOLYPSE: “THE CELEBRY FACTORY HAS SHUT DOWN”IS ALL THIS AMATR THERAPY-SPEAK JT MAKG US LONELIER?FROM THE ARCHIVE: TOO HEPBURN FOR HOLLYWOOD (2006)TYLER BREFELLER
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