Generation Q

L Word: Generation Q is the queer content we’ve been longing for

by Yelin Gemma Lee, Peak Associate For those of you that don’t know, SHOWTIME’s L Word is a six-season TV show that aired between 2004–09 about the loves and lives of a community of lesbians. The show that critics raved to be “groundbreaking” was the first show of its kind in the way it centered around lesbians and the female gaze.  It is still considered iconic and notorious for being a part of many coming out journeys. That being said, the script is cheesy, cliché, melodramatic, and has many documented wrongs in irresponsible discourse towards transgender, bisexual, people of colour, sexual…

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