A docuseries LGBTQ viewers can take Pride in
POP CULTURE IS CRUCIAL IN EFFECTING SOCIAL CHANGE, but for oppressed groups, mainstream representation can be a mixed blessing. Well-meaning TV shows and movies make spectacles of violence against women and Black pain. For decades, it was rare to see LGBTQ characters who didn’t conform to broad stereotypes or meet tragic ends. Even in the 21st century, as sympathetic depictions from The L Word to Pose have coincided with political progress, pop culture has struggled to expand its narrow view of queer and trans life.
The challenge in making art that aims to represent any community of millions is to do justice to its vast diversity. FX’s excellent nails it.
