Even while queer identities have slowly entered the cultural mainstream over the past 20 years, gay and trans representation has still been pretty difficult for TV studios to get right (for reference, see literally any episode of Sex and the City).
Even while queer identities have slowly entered the cultural mainstream over the past 20 years, gay and trans representation has still been pretty difficult for TV studios to get right (for reference, see literally any episode of Sex and the City).
But while cringeworthy gay representation is far from a thing of the past, the past few years have produced some truly phenomenal LGBTQ TV. We’ve entered the Golden Age of queer media, baby!! For what is basically the first time in history, mainstream stories are being written by queer people, about queer people and for queer people; so to make sure you don’t miss any of it, here are some of our top picks for the best LGBTQ+ representation you can watch right now.
‘Hard Truths’ is often a hard watch as Mike Leigh delivers another rough [...]
By Michael Hollett