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Originally published at Bitch Flicks.
The Wire is the greatest TV series of all time. Period.
Now, I know I’m not really making some bold claim as many, many, many, manycritics have professed their unabashed love for the crime drama. No other show has painstakingly depicted the complexities of racism, the inner city and the lives of the underclass. It’s a grandiose statement “about the American city, and about how we live together” and how institutional inequities flop social justice.
When people converse about The Wire, usually with awe and reverie, they discuss the clear dialogue or the nuanced characters or the statement on race and the criminal justice system. And all of that is amazing. But I ponder what gets lost is that people forget The Wire’s depiction of queer characters and ultimately its statement on LGBTQ rights.
The Wire portrayed complex, fully developed queer characters, something you don’t typically see in pop culture. With my absolute two favorite characters, Detective Kima Greggs and Omar Tiny – a black lesbian woman and a jet
Twenty minutes into The L Word pilot, I was pretty sure I was gay.
I watched as Jenny, the straight-but-questioning main character, spied on two naked women in her neighbours’ pool. As she accidentally caught a glimpse of lesbians making out from between the gaps in her garden fence, her shock quickly turned into curiosity. Like Jenny, I couldn&#;t look away. Her voyeurism and intrigue became mine.
I had discovered The L Word at institution after indelicate Grade 9 boys with Showcase subscriptions boasted about a recent late-night lesbian show. Of course, I had pretended not to hear for fear that any signs of interest would be suspicious.
It would take another year before I mustered up the courage to finally watch it — under my blanket, on a laptop, with headphones on, usually after making sure my West African parents weren’t roaming.
I adv became enthralled with this group of Hollywood women who looked nothing fond of me. I fell in love with the friendships between them, laughed at inside jokes about a lesbian culture I knew nothing about, and, verb everyone el
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