Welcome to your weekend streaming recommendations, a.k.a. the Weekend Watch, a handy guide to the queerest film and TV content that’s just a click away!Believe it or not, young queers, there was a time where TV didn’t feature foot and armpit play.
Long before Fellow Travelers revolutionized gay sex on the small screen, these conventional mainstream series broke ground with their LGBTQ content.
And we’re not even talking about premium cable shows like Queer As Folk—wholesome shows like Northern Exposure led the pack in the early ’90s.Check out these series from the “before times” to stream this weekend.Subscribe to our daily newsletter for a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) of LGBTQ+ entertainment and pop culture, served up with a side of eye-candy.This beloved one-season wonder—starring young Claire Danes, Jared Leto, and out actor Wilson Cruz—is a coming-of-age teen drama from 1995 fueled by angst and kids that don’t quite fit in.
Among them is Cruz’s Rickie Vasquez, an out queer kid from a broken home. Rickie doesn’t find love over the course of the show’s 19 episodes, but his personal struggles are highlighted, most notably in My So-Called Life’s Christmas special, “So-Called Angels,” which sees Rickie booted from his house.Now streaming on Hulu.