14 Historical Pop Culture Moments That Elevated the LGBTQ+ Community

Originally airing on Showtime in 2004, The L Word followed the lives of a group of queer women living in West Hollywood, California. Like its predecessor Queer As Folk, the show had many flaws and there were a variety of missed opportunities in the representation department. Luckily, the popular series reboot, The L Word: Generation Q, is attempting to make amends for that.

Queer women rarely get to be in the limelight and are usually cast to the side or relegated to background characters in LGBTQIA+ media. So to see a show unapologetically putting queer women front and center was a major step forward, paving the way for shows like Orange is the New Black, Wynonna Earp, and Gentleman Jack.