![]() I FELT MOST PROUD TO BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY LAST YEAR WHEN "I was riding down Fifth Avenue on the Bravo float at World Pride." I'LL FEEL GOOD ABOUT HOLLYWOOD'S LGBTQ REPRESENTATION WHEN "As much representation as there is, there are very few big gay love stories. I FIRST FELT REPRESENTED WHEN I SAW "Norman on The Real World season one." I FIRST FELT REPRESENTED WHEN I SAW "Bugs Bunny outsmart the status quo with a wink and a witty remark."Īfter more than a decade of Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen, where he became the first openly gay host in American late night, Bravo's exec turned talent tackles all kinds of media (SiriusXM show Radio Andy, multiple books), while uplifting and advocating for the LGBTQ community. Sure, his foray into scripted TV, AJ and the Queen, fizzled after one season, but in a year that saw three iterations of Drag Race air, the multihyphenate - who has won Emmys four years running for best reality-series host - is clearly not "fucking it up." The ambassador of drag just closed the 12th season of Drag Race on VH1, which has consistently topped Friday cable ratings and launched a host of drag careers. I'LL FEEL GOOD ABOUT HOLLYWOOD'S LGBTQ REPRESENTATION WHEN "Every network has at least one series on air created by an LGBTQ person, centering an LGBTQ lead, played by LGBTQ talent." MY MENTOR IS "Neil Landau ( Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead), who has been a friend, a counselor and a lifeline since I wrote the first draft of Pose in his TV Drama Pilot workshop at UCLA." ![]() I hadn't seen black and Latin queer men centered positively on TV until then." I FIRST FELT REPRESENTED WHEN I SAW "Patrik-Ian Polk's Noah's Arc. His and Ryan Murphy's FX drama, renewed for a third season, is widely praised as the bellwether of boosted trans and person-of-color representation on and behind the camera. The writer made history with Pose, which features the largest number of trans actors ever on scripted TV. Image Credit: Photographed By David Miller I'LL FEEL GOOD ABOUT HOLLYWOOD'S LGBTQ REPRESENTATION WHEN "All members of the LGBTQ community feel represented. LGBTQ STORY I'D LOVE TO SEE ONSCREEN "James Baldwin's Giovanni's Room." I FIRST FELT REPRESENTED WHEN I SAW "The 1992 TV movie Doing Time on Maple Drive." The out exec recently launched We're Here, a rare unscripted foray in which drag queens visit small towns. Since taking the entertainment reins in 2016, Bloys has made it a mission to broaden inclusion efforts with YA hit Euphoria and period drama Gentleman Jack - both of which star queer characters. LGBTQ STORY I'D LOVE TO SEE ONSCREEN "LGBTQ spy/action film." I was so impressed with his tireless efforts, and we are going to need leaders like him to have success again in the fall." ![]() THE PERSON I THINK DOESN'T GET ENOUGH CREDIT FOR THEIR ACTIVISM "I really believe Billy Eichner and his 'Glam Up the Midterms' made a real difference across the nation in the last election. I'LL FEEL GOOD ABOUT HOLLYWOOD'S LGBTQ REPRESENTATION WHEN "We have the kind of representation in big-budget studio films that we do on TV." His directorial work on Love, Simon marked the first major studio movie to center on a gay teen romance. Having fought to put the first same-sex kiss between two men on network TV ( Dawson's Creek), the megaproducer continues to represent the community in the many shows (he's juggling 19) he has across six platforms. ![]() And advocating for underrepresented voices. She created the show Vida and is always fighting the good fight. THE PERSON I THINK DOESN'T GET ENOUGH CREDIT FOR THEIR ACTIVISM "My friend Tanya Saracho. LGBTQ STORY I'D LOVE TO SEE ONSCREEN "A movie version of the musical Falsettos." TV) punctuates his youth-skewing slate (The CW's Riverdale and Katy Keene and Netflix's Chilling Adventures of Sabrina) with LGBTQ characters and storylines - including a transition arc on Sabrina, mirroring the life of genderqueer star Lachlan Watson. The comic vet (under a rich overall deal with Warner Bros. These 50-plus power players, from Laverne Cox to the cast of Queer Eye, each make a unique contribution - and share here where they first felt seen by Hollywood and what work still needs to be done to achieve equitable representation. Thanks to the showrunners driving authentic stories, filmmakers bucking decades-old heteronormative paradigms, actors emboldened to live more honestly and platforms bankrolling so much of it, being gay, queer, transgender or any other other has never been more widely embraced in the entertainment industry.įor its inaugural Pride issue, The Hollywood Reporter homed in on the talent and makers helping boost visibility and creating opportunities for members of the extended LGBTQ community. LGBTQ representation in Hollywood is at an all-time high. ![]()
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