Which cast members of l word are gay

Showtime's new iteration of an old favorite mostly makes me wish that Hollywood would take more risks and let a new generation of queer characters explore their own universes. On first dates, at gay book clubs, when meeting new colleagues — in pretty much any situation where you, an awkward lesbian, are trying to reach across the void and connect with someone else who has lesbianism, if not awkwardness, in common — The L Word is an easy bet.

This is the only show, after all, to have ever focused so completely on lesbianism, to the which cast members of l word are gay that the world it created, made up of seemingly infinite queer women and, like, two men, was downright fantastical. Though some, particularly The Bisexualdeserve to!

L Word creator Ilene Chaiken had floated the possibility of a revival for years. It feels like maybe it should come back. And why not? This would be a chance for the series to atone for some of its past sins, including its crappy attitudes toward trans and bi peoplethe dearth of butch characters and characters of color, and its increasingly off-the-rails plotlines.

I, for one, would welcome it. Hers is the chaotic energy we need right now!! When Showtime released the first three episodes as screeners for the press in early November, I may or may not have screamed. Heading into the show, I wondered how, exactly, Generation Q was going to blend the old with the new.

Seeing these sexy, frustrating, ridiculous, and all-too-human characters again is truly delightful. The L Word: Generation Q starts 10 years after the original series left off. This relationship does not seem destined to last, since Alice is comically inept at child-rearing; one of my favorite scenes involves Shane doing a much better job handling a kid crisis than Alice does.

Like Shane, though, Finley as well as Sophie are masculine-leaning but not really butchmeaning that the most iconic lesbian show of all time has still failed to provide us with any significant representation of a huge chunk of our community. And premiering on Dec. Right from the get-go, the show seems determined to convey its new progressive bona fides.

The very first sex scene — which is also the first scene in general — features cunnilingus and period blood; the former was, infamously, not depicted super often in the original just like strap-ons and sex toys. One of the great things about Generation Q is seeing the new characters as well as the originals in actually stylish clothing — a far cry from the fashion nightmare that was the aughts.

The issue is perhaps that both characters, like the rest of the new generation, lack specificity. Dani: a striver, torn between her conscience and her desire to please her wealthy dad. Later, watching an awkward scene with Ferris Bueller vibes, I wondered if these references were actually supposed to be homages or if they were just lazy.

What might these middle-aged lesbians have to teach a younger generation, and what might the younger generation teach them in return? Tales of the Cityreleased in a part miniseries over the summer, was another queer show dusted off from the archives and reimagined with a more progressive vision in mind.

The series sees Mary Ann Laura Linney reprising her role return decades after the original series ended to her former home at Barbary Lane, where Anna Olympia Dukakisnow 90, is still smoking plenty of pot and playing benevolent landlady to an eccentric group of San Franciscans.

Now, the Barbary Lane tenants include a more diverse assemblage of queer and trans people. Tales of the City tries to do too much, with too many characters, all of whom seem more like dutifully included LGBTQ archetypes — items checked off a diversity list — than fully rendered people.

Did we really need another gay reboot? So when Dawn starts yelling at Shane, the group of friends can only pause, momentarily uncomprehending, then burst out laughing like the sky-high hooligans they are. Perhaps, with time, Generation Q will feel less like an opportunity to cash in on something long beloved and more like a real, successful effort to say something new.

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