![]() It opened the door for diverse ones-like the one in which Wiley’s Poussey has a crush on her best friend, Danielle Brooks’ Taystee. Pretty Little Liars, Grey’s Anatomy, and Degrassi also featured queer female characters any secondary or tertiary characters, however, tended to just romantically orbit a sole lesbian character among a group of straight friends.īut as Netflix’s flagship original comedy-drama series-which the streaming service says is its most-watched original series ever, reporting that in the neighborhood of 105 million users have watched one episode or more-the show opened doors for new kinds of queer stories to be told. It wasn’t the first series to depict queer female relationships-we have Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Glee and The L Word to thank for that. ![]() Orange’s greatest legacy is that it influenced networks to mainstream marginalized narratives, because it proved that queer, diverse stories can be beloved, award-winning shows. Lauren Morelli, a former Orange is the New Black writer and co-executive producer, wrote an op-ed in 2014 detailing her coming-out journey, titled “While Writing for Orange is the New Black, I Realized I Was Gay.” Today, Morelli is married to former Orange cast member Samira Wiley, and is the showrunner of Netflix’s reboot of the seminal queer series Tales of the City.īut while Orange was transforming our lives, it was also ushering in a queer revolution on TV. Rodriguez Eden Malyn Miguel Izaguirre Rebecca Knox Joanna Adler Mary Looram Bill Hoag Adriana Camposano Mary Boyer Peter Rini Glenn Farnham Brianna Gonzalez-Bonacci Gita Reddy Anita Keal Nicholas Daniel Gonzalez Dana Berger Becca G.T.The show changed the course of my life, and it did for other queer women, too. Burg Kana Hatakeyama Jo Lampert Olga Merediz Richard Masur Patricia Squire Alan R. Lidiane Fernandes Karina Ortiz Gerrard Lobo Mandela Bellamy Richard Gallagher Cristina J. David Roberts Henny Russell Christina Toth Berto Colon Judith Roberts Kaipo Schwab Nick Stevenson Ian Paola Danielle Herbert Shirley Roeca Phumzile Sitole Marsha Stephanie Blake John Magaro Mugga Alice Kremelberg Reema Sampat Finnerty Steeves Jamie Denbo Michael Rainey Jr. Moore Laura Prepon Natasha Lyonne Jackie Cruz Jessica Pimentel Diane Guerrero Emma Myles Laura Gómez Julie Lake Constance Shulman Abigail Savage Annie Golden Lin Tucci Dale Soules Matt Peters Laverne Cox Joel Marsh Garland Beth Fowler Jason Biggs Mike Houston Lori Tan Chinn Rosal Colon Miriam Morales Lolita Foster Daniella De Jesús Emily Althaus James McMenamin Brendan Burke Alan Aisenberg Amanda Stephen Beth Dover Kelly Karbacz Asia Kate Dillon Jolene Purdy Evan Hall Emily Tarver Francesca Curran Nick Dillenburg Germar Terrell Gardner Lori Petty Olivia Luccardi Hunter Emery Maria Dizzia Michael Torpey Shannon Esper Barbara Rosenblat Arianda Fernandez Michelle Hurst Lauren Lapkus Michael Chernus Mike Birbiglia Hamilton Clancy John Palladino Besanya Santiago Deborah Rush Jimmy Gary Jr. ![]() Cast: Mary Steenburgen Alysia Reiner Lorraine Toussaint Madeline Brewer Matt McGorry Roger Brenner Alexander Wraith Catherine Curtin Ashley North Nancy Ellen Shore Brad William Henke Michael Bryan French Tanya Wright Pablo Schreiber Kimiko Glenn Blair Brown Elizabeth Rodriguez Amanda Fuller Courtney Gonzalez Alison Fernandez Taylor Schilling Uzo Aduba Danielle Brooks Selenis Leyva Nick Sandow Michael Harney Kate Mulgrew Taryn Manning Dascha Polanco Yael Stone Lea DeLaria Adrienne C.
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