Glamorous: Netflix announces release date of new LGBTQ+ series
Netflix’s upcoming LGBTQ+ comedy series Glamorous has finally received a launch date (!). Miss Benny leads as Marco Mejia, a gender non-conforming queer person who lands a job at a prestigious cosmetics company led by Kim Cattrall’s Madolyn Addison, a former supermodel who “built one of the top cosmetic companies in the world from the ground up”. “However, something’s happening of late.
The company isn’t just slipping, it’s plummeting – like it’s being sabotaged from the inside. Not about to let that happen, Madolyn hires Marco right out of high school to be her summer intern,” reads the official synopsis. “She has a plan – she wants him to be her eyes and ears, to make friends – and find out what’s going on behind her back, to discover “what they’re hiding and what they’re stealing. “In exchange, she’ll teach Marco everything she knows – but she warns him – “This business isn’t all glitter and glamour and neither is life.”” According to the streamer, the series premieres in its entirety on Thursday 22 June.
The ensemble cast also boasts LGBTQ+ talent such as Zane Phillips (Fire Island), Jade Payton (Dynasty), Michael Hsu (Pretty Smart), Ayesha Harris (Daisy Jones and the Six) and Graham Parkhurst (Star Trek: Strange New Worlds).
Also known for his role as Ben/Prometheus on The CW’s Legacies, Phillips has been cast as Chad, the “devoted son to Madolyn and the Director of Sales for her beauty empire, who is caught in a never-ending quest to live up to his mother’s expectations.” Payton plays Venetia, Madolyn’s “ambitious and chic” first assistant who becomes an ally to Marco, “showing him not only how to navigate the office, but queer Brooklyn nightlife as well”.
