The Woke Generation
n 2009, when Showtime’s groundbreaking series concluded six seasons of storytelling about a group of lesbians living in West Hollywood, the U.S. Supreme Court case affirming same-sex marriage had yet to be decided. Justice Anthony Kennedy’s 2015 opinion in upheld gay marriage not only by arguing equal protection issues but also by citing the impact of changing culture and public opinion. The years preceding this decision were marked with seesaw legal decisions at the ballot box and in the and and TV dramas like and were both indicators and influencers of this shifting cultural climate.
