From Fellow Travelers to I Kissed a Boy, here are the15 best LGBTQIA+ shows of the year. WORDS BY SAM DAMSHENAS HEADER BY YOSEF PHELAN With heedless vampires, unhinged gynaecologists and swash-buckling pirates of the rainbow-hued variety, 2023 was undeniably the most diverse year on-screen for the LGBTQIA’s.
RuPaul’s Drag Race continued to showcase the drag community’s C.U.N.T. with new instalments in [insert any country here, honestly], the Heartstopper kids said “…hi” once more and the BBC blessed viewers with the UK’s first-ever dating series with an all-gay male cast.
Jonathan Bailey sucked Matt Bomer’s toes, too, which is important. From returning fan-favourites to new dramas, comedies and post apocalyptic horrors, here’s the 15 LGBTQIA+ shows this year that have infected popular culture and permeated the minds of many a queer.
Dead Ringers (miniseries) Cast: Rachel Weisz, Britne Oldford, Poppy Liu, Jennifer Ehle, Michael Chernus, Jeremy Shamos, Emily Meade, Natalie Woolams-Torres A gender-swapped adaptation of David Cronenberg’s 1988 cult classic of the same name, Dead Ringers sees “gay-for-pay” icon Rachel Weisz embrace her inner Lindsay Lohan circa The Parent Trap as twin gynaecologists Elliot and Beverly Mantle.