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Autostraddle’s Favorite and Least Favorite Lesbian, Bisexual and Trans TV Characters of 2019

Here’s what we loved this year and what we didn’t like very much at all. We’d love to hear your opinions too, obviously!

“Pose” and “Tales of the City” Remember the AIDS Epidemic in Very Different Ways

The question becomes, are the generational differences portrayed in Tales of the City actually generational differences? Is the argument actually between baby boomers and millennials, gen x-ers and gen z-ers? Or have we simply widened the conversation to include, or begin to include, voices that were already there?

Lauren Morelli on the Terrifying, Rewarding, Humbling Experience of Remaking “Tales of the City”

“There are so many ways to love and be loved. Now we get to explore that.”

“Tales of the City” Believes in the Power of Gay Love and LGBTQ Chosen Families

Tales of the City leans into some tropes, flips others on their head, makes plenty of jokes at its own expense, and — above all — believes in the power of LGBTQ people who come together to make their own family.

27 Summer 2019 TV Shows For Queers To Watch Out For

Tales of the City reboot, The Handmaid’s Tale blesses the fight, Pose vaults to the 1990s, HBO debuts a Skins-esque show starring Zendaya canoodling with a trans character played by an actual trans actress, OINTB says goodbye, G.L.O.W moves to Vegas, LGBT documentaries debut for Pride and so many more summertime TV gems to look forward to!