By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. These TV shows made history in the first 25 years of the 21st century! Netflix; FX; Showtime Queer characters on the screen began to flourish in the '90s with New Queer Cinema. Law, and Friends with TV's first lesbian wedding.
Here are 10 milestone moments in gay and lesbian TV history. It's the first wedding of its kind the, you know, same-sex kind to be aired on the network. It was hella dramatic too, featuring lingering looks and straw hats and matching ties and a rotund pug in a tiny suit. Buuuuut, it's not as if this exists in a vacuum -- a lot had to have happened to get Fusion's Papa network to this moment.
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TAGGED AS: LGBT , LGBTQ , streaming , television , TV. The latest: Our new update welcomes English Teacher , Fantamas , Fellow Travelers , and Interview with the Vampire! Watch these shows and more on Fandango at Home! It has also, perhaps most importantly, been a platform to tell stories that have made gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans, queer, intersex, and more people feel less alone in the world — to know there is a big and varied community to which they belong.