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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HERE'S HOW 'STRANGE WORLD' TRODUC THE FIRST OUT GAY TEENAGER A DISNEY ANIMATED FILM: 'IT WAS A BETIFUL THG TO BE A PART OF'
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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. 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.