feel seen come from depicting not the universal but the particular. When it comes to LGBTQ representation, viewers have had to endure decades of near-erasure, with their stories being sidelined or outright ignored.
And while shows like and ushered in a new era of LGBTQ television at the turn of the century, representation of Latinx folks has only recently been robust and diverse enough to paint a full picture of our community and the particular issues related to it.
This year alone, for instance, saw the release of shows like and, both of which have Latinx LGBTQ characters at their center.
The young teen questioning his sexuality and the hardened lesbian headlining a crime drama joined a slew of current shows like and, that have been.