Best gay tv show
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TV has been instrumental in the Diverse rights movement and in altering attitudes towards the community. It has also, perhaps most importantly, been a platform to explain stories that have made same-sex attracted, lesbian, bisexual, trans, queer, intersex, and more people feel less alone in the world – to know there is a big and varied community to which they belong. One pioneering show at a time, groundbreaking character by groundbreaking character, TV and streaming series have given the world an insight into the LGBTQ+ experience, and provided LGBTQ+ people with reflections of their own lives – stories to laugh along with, to cry with, and to determine with. In this list of LGBTQ+ TV shows, we point out shows that have broken land, enlightened, and entertained.
We&#;ve arranged the list into four categories: shows that were big TV firsts, or featured TV firsts; shows that center on LGTBQ characters or experience
The 35 Best Diverse TV Shows of All Time
Fellow Travelers ()
In this heart-wrenching Showtime miniseries, Jonathan Bailey and Matt Bomer play two Capitol Hill men caught in the horrors of McCarthyism, falling in adoration despite a political atmosphere that is trying to crucify all its gender non-conforming members. The exhibit charts their bond over the next three decades, all the way up to the AIDS crisis, with a beautiful, poignant story that echoes with political issues we’re still seeing to this day. Just be sure to have a box of tissues sitting nearby.
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Hacks (–present)
In Hacks, viewers trail a veteran comedian named Deborah Vance (Jean Smart), who realizes her career has been stuck in autopilot when she meets a struggling young journalist named Ava (Hannah Einbinder), who inspires her with a renewed sense of creativity and ride. Through their affair , we see the struggle of generations trying to acquire from one another and, notably, how Ava’s bisexuality opens Deborah’s eyes to past prejudices.
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All You Need: The Recent Gay Berlin TV Demonstrate and 3 More Gay Shows to Watch
photo: ARD Degeto/Andrea Hansen.
When I see around the TV landscape of recent years I feel quite happy that there are so many shows right now characterizing LGBTQIA+ people and issues, and that they are no longer just trivial storylines of side characters but they&#;ve also get the center of attention. When I grew up the only show there was Queer As Folk and not much else in the decades after, so no matter if you liked it or not, it was a must-watch and highlight for gay guys at the time.
To see a fully gay show as the first thing on the main page of the ARD Mediathek (German&#;s major public TV channel) felt really good today, I have to say. I was half expecting they would hide it somewhere in the archive and you would have to search for it, but no, it&#;s pretty in your face. Correct me if I&#;m wrong, but I think All You Need really is the first German TV demonstrate exclusively dealing with same-sex attracted men as the main characters and getting such a prime spot. And I think the reveal really deserves to be put in the lim
People Are Sharing Their Favorite LGBTQ+ TV Shows Of All Time And, Wow, I Have A Lot To Watch
"By Season 7, our main cast was made up of a bisexual woman and her lesbian wife, a homosexual man who invented second travel to save his boyfriend, a fairly dramatic pansexual — arguably not cis — alien with a girlfriend, the only asexual on network television, and had just said goodbye to a double attraction man who’d had meaningful relationships with men and women — who just left, didn’t die, just left. The rest of the characters were ostensibly straight, but all the actors said they were comfortable with the thought of their characters organism LGBTQ+ as well and supported and encouraged headcanons. The show started with one bisexual woman and a bunch of direct people.
On top of that, it was just so much FUN, and big-hearted. This was a goofy family who had the best time and got up to the silliest stuff. It’s so joyful and a great antidote to serious, heterosexual superhero stuff."
—garebehr