Great LGBTQ TV Shows to Stream Now
Cucumber: Fifteen years after Russell T. Davies brought Queer as Folk to British televisions.
Empire: Lee Daniels’ 2015 prime-time hip-hop soap opera on Fox had a phenomenal debut and became a mega hit. Which felt revolutionary.
Betty: This appealing spinoff of Crystal Moselle’s 2018 indie film Skate Kitchen follows a quintet of female skaters in a pre-pandemic New York.
Dear White People: Adapted from gay director Justin Simien’s breakout film of the same name, about black college students coming to terms with.
Billions: Yes, this drama about the feud between a self-righteous New York prosecutor and a sociopathic hedge-fund boss is mostly a celebration of straight male energy.
Euphoria: Euphoria supplies such an overload of examples of what it means to be an American teen at this moment in time.
Everything’s Gonna Be Okay,’ ‘Please Like Me: Please Like Me, Australian comedian Josh Thomas’ hyper-realistic.
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend: For decades, bisexuals were largely invisible on television, with characters only revealed as bi on rare occasions for a shocking plot twist or to help.
The Bisexual: In Desiree Akhavan’s The Bisexual — which she co-wrote, directed, and stars in — we finally get an honest portrayal of the complications.
Elite: While CW shows — from Gossip Girl and Pretty Little Liars to Riverdale — have always toyed with hot-bodied teens and their sexual shenanigans.