Netflix’s super gay new show features a ‘Fire Island’ reunion, drag queens, Kim Cattrall & more
announced today that it’s new series, Glamorous, will debut on June 22. And that Pride Month premiere date is no accident, because this one’s going to be super queer.So queer that we imagine, when it was pitched to Netflix execs, someone printed out the “I’m gonna give the gays everything the want” Real Housewives meme on a poster board, pointed at it, and the show was greenlit on the spot.From creator Jordan Nardino (Star Trek: Discovery, Smash), Glamorous is the story of aimless twenty-something Marco Meija, a gender non-conforming makeup artist who gets the opportunity of a lifetime when model-turned-mogul Madolyn Addison taps them for an important role in their makeup empire.A starry-eyed ingenue suddenly thrust into the high-powered beauty industry, working for a feared and respected “girlboss”?
Glamorous certainly has a little bit of The Devil Wears Prada and Ugly Betty in its DNA, and that’s a good thing considering both are important cultural touchstones for so many gays.But that’s not all the series has to offer—get a load of this cast!Glamorous represents the first leading television role for Miss Benny, who first broke through on YouTube as a teen, and as since built an impressive career for themself as an actor and musician.Benny will play Marco, while none other than Kim Cattrall will star as Madolyn Addison.
