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Cast members and the creator of the Showtime seri “The L Word” are praisg Print Joe Bin for his support of LGBTQ rights. The groundbreakg show followed the liv of lbian iends Los Angel, stgglg wh romance and reers. Actors Leisha Hailey, Jennifer Beals and Kathere Moennig and executive producer Ilene Chaiken joed Whe Hoe prs secretary Kare Jean-Pierre, the first openly gay woman to hold the job, at a prs briefg Tuday honor of Lbian Visibily Week. Chaiken said the LGBTQ muny is “pafully aware that our stggl are far om over,” cg book bans and attacks on members of the muny. * gay actors l word *
Actors Leisha Hailey, Jennifer Beals and Kathere Moennig and executive producer Ilene Chaiken joed Whe Hoe prs secretary Kare Jean-Pierre, the first openly gay woman to hold the job, at a prs briefg honor of Lbian Visibily Week. ” She praised Bin’s rerd on gay rights. Hailey spoke about growg up a young gay girl Nebraska wh the support of her parents, which ma all the difference for her.
On first dat, at gay book clubs, when meetg new lleagu — pretty much any suatn where you, an awkward lbian, are tryg to reach across the void and nnect wh someone else who has lbianism, if not awkwardns, mon — The L Word is an easy bet. Acrdg to GLAAD’s “Where We Are on TV” report for 2019, LGBTQ reprentatn on televisn is at an all-time high; almost all of those characters, though, tend to be the solary gay an ensemble of straight people. Whereas straight girls and gay guys may scribe themselv acrdg to Sex and the Cy archetyp (“I’m a Carrie sun, Miranda risg”), lbians have our charmgly imperfect group of L Word ladi.
The changg cy plays much more of a thematic role Generatn Q than did prev seasons, when the characters seemed to exist an idyllic, wealthy enclave immune om the equy and disorr of the outsi world: Bette is nng for mayor bee she’s passnate about endg the opid and hog cris, while Shane, aimls, unemployed, and über-rich, nsirs buyg and revivg a oime gay bar that has morphed over the years to a straight sports-bro spot.