Generation Q with the T?

I loved The L Word so much. From 2004 to 2009 the gloriously soapy drama followed the lives of a group of aspirational gay and bi women living in LA. To see queer women doing anything on television was ground breaking in itself, but over those six seasons, the characters dealt with breast cancer, self-harm, trans pregnancy, addiction and, it now transpires, suicide.

I’m not sure anyone was crying out for a revival 10 years on – we’ve had gay women in Riverdale, Supergirl, Glee, Sense8 and so many more mainstream shows. We didn’t need a show dedicated to the specific trials of wealthy gay women in 2019. But, and I can only speak for myself here, I very much wanted one.

Show creator Ilene Chaiken (now busy on The Handmaid’s Tale)