Attitude’s Top 10 LGBT TV shows of 2015
Both State-side and on these shores, it’s been a breakthrough year for LGBT representation on the small screen. From trans lives the UK’s first trans sitcom to Russell T Davies’ spiritual successor to Queer as Folk, not a month’s gone by without a rainbow water-cooler moment. Here we present our top 10 LGBT TV shows of the year…
10) AMERICAN HORROR STORY: HOTEL
High camp, gory deaths and hot boys: how could Ryan Murphy have made us love his series more? By casting Lady Gaga as his leading lady for series 5, that’s how.
9) HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER
A pioneering show for LGBT causes, Shonda Rhimes’ HTGAWM has already tackled PrEP, a same-sex romance for Viola Davis, a transgender character, and plenty of gay sex scenes in just one and a half seasons.
8) LOOKING
2015 saw the third and final series of the HBO gay themed drama because not enough of us watched it, so well done everybody. Food for thought for those who seek greater representation on the box.
7) BOY MEETS GIRL
The BBC commissioned drama saw breakout trans actress Rebecca Root starring as a trans woman, embarking on an otherwise very ordinary love affair.
6) SCREAM QUEENS
Another show from the prolific Ryan Murphy, Scream Queens is somewhere between Scream and Mean Girls, with a sexually confused Nick Jonas thrown in for good measure.
5) THE UNBREAKABLE KIMMY SCHMIDT
Tina Fey’s Netflix creation was so on point, it had gay men across the world immediately communicating entirely in GIFs from the show for weeks on end.
4) I AM CAIT
Caitlyn Jenner was one of the year’s biggest names, and this behind the scenes look at her relationship with her family brought the transgender experience to new audiences.
3) EMPIRE
Empire saw Terrence Howard at the head of a musical family business that included a fierce wife, a gay son, and great celebrity cameos.
2) REGGIE YATES’ EXTREME RUSSIA: GAY AND UNDER ATTACK
Three continued their run of compelling, youth angled documentaries by sending Reggie to try and make sense of the homophobic culture embedded within Russia.
1) CUCUMBER / BANANA / TOFU
It was divisive, but Russell T Davies’ three part drama which explored modern gay life gave us all much to chew over; notably through the experience of middle aged Henry, whose mid life crisis carried the plot of the main show Cucumber.
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