Solo Mission: A Lesbian Spy Story

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THE PERSON I THINK DOESN'T GET ENOUGH CREDIT FOR THEIR ACTIVISM"Larry Kramer. He was the only honest-to-God activist with a capital A I have ever met. You could sense the fire and the mission within him. It was invigorating and a little frightening — well, frightening to this sweet, gay, Southern boy who shies away from confrontation." In the office, nothing changed. Both of us swore not to tell anyone else. I dodged questions from friends about my relationship status like bullets - the lies were worth it for the delirium I felt when I was with her.

Gershon: Susie Bright, she was supposed to take me around. The Wachowskis thought it was important that I meet her. She was an authority figure, and [a writer] in the lesbian community. I was really excited to talk to her. I FELT MOST PROUD TO BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY LAST YEAR WHEN"I saw the first cut of my friend David France’s searing documentary, Welcome to Chechnya, which we acquired for HBO." I'LL FEEL GOOD ABOUT HOLLYWOOD'S LGBTQ REPRESENTATION WHEN"The characters are three-dimensional human beings and not simply just clownin’ as the archetype, the magical queen sprinkling fairy dust all over the world." THE PERSON I THINK DOESN'T GET ENOUGH CREDIT FOR THEIR ACTIVISM"Although he has certainly been recognized for it, I don’t think you can overstate how much Ryan Murphy has done to create aspirational LGBTQ characters and to cast and hire LGBTQ people."The Australian comedian, writer and actor has garnered praise for his unabashed depictions of LGBTQ characters in his shows: breakout series Please Like Meand, most recently, Freeform comedy Everything's Gonna Be Okay. The creator has fought to authentically portray everything from messy coming out stories to anal sex. I FIRST FELT REPRESENTED WHEN I SAW " Flower Drum Song, a Rodgers and Hammerstein musical from 1961, on TV. Oh my God, it was the only time in my life I'd seen an all-Asian cast — happy, singing and dancing." Ever since Director Sebastián Lelio's Disobedience premiered at TIFF in 2017, it's been the talk of the town among the five queer women who care about this kind of stuff. The film tells story of Orthodox Jewish lesbians in London: Esti (Rachel McAdams) caught in a loveless relationship with a Rabbi, and Ronit (Rachel Weisz) trapped in a series of meaningless heterosexual hookups.

LGBTQ STORY I'D LOVE TO SEE ONSCREEN"Less weepy queers, more intrepid queers! Nothing wrong with being weepy, I'd just like to see a wider gamut." I FIRST FELT REPRESENTED WHEN I SAW "The character of Steven Carrington on the original Dynasty. I'm dating myself, but I have to give credit to Aaron Spelling." This is the story of five French women involved in the resistance movement during the Second World War. Their mission involves the exfiltration of a British secret agent who falls into the hands of the Germans just before the Normandy Landings. These five women, who are far from heroic, become heroines. international title: While her banner has been marred by financial woes, Ellison remains one of the most prominent producers of director-driven features. Notoriously press-shy, she is not an outspoken member of the LGBTQ community, but she has boosted films led by queer characters, including such recent features as Olivia Wilde's Booksmartand Miranda July's Kajillionaire, and hired other queer women among a diverse staff. I FELT MOST PROUD TO BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY LAST YEAR WHEN"I was riding down Fifth Avenue on the Bravo float at World Pride."

Tilly: This scene here it was all [advisor and feminist sex writer] Susie Bright's friends. That's why the bar scene is so authentic—it's all lesbians. Annaleigh Ashford’s character, Betty, was so popular that Showtime had no choice but to keep her around. The out lesbian assistant to Dr. Masters and Virginia Johnson is still with them all these fictional years later, and now she’s got a baby with wife Helen (Sarah Silverman). Her work-life balance is about to get more interesting in Season 4, which takes place in the late ‘60s up through the early ‘70s. (Showtime, Sundays, 10/9c) 19. Shameless (L-R) Isidora Goreshter as Svetlana, Shanola Hampton as Veronica Fisher and Steve Howey as Kevin Ball in "Shameless." Cliff Lipson / SHOWTIME I'LL FEEL GOOD ABOUT HOLLYWOOD'S LGBTQ REPRESENTATION WHEN"We have the kind of representation in big-budget studio films that we do on TV." I FIRST FELT REPRESENTED WHEN I SAW"Bugs Bunny outsmart the status quo with a wink and a witty remark." Gershon: As soon as I met Jen, I thought, "Oh my God, all I have to do is watch her." She was so amusing and so fun. It's just so easy to watch her, like her butt and her legs. It made my job easy to kind of objectify her. We liked each other as soon as we met.

Throughout TV and movie history, lesbians and cops are like peanut butter and jelly, and it seems like half of the time a TV show or movie (that isn't about lesbians) has an adult lesbian character, she's a cop.

Brian Wright

Broadcast TV's first openly gay chief exec has used his new post atop WarnerMedia's direct-to-consumer business to shine a spotlight. For newly launched streamer HBO Max, Greenblatt is teaming with Greg Berlanti and Jim Parsons for the docuseries Equal, ball culture competition series Legendary and scripted dramedy Generation, a modern look at sexuality. In some cases, women had their own blinkered views of female leadership to overcome. Barely 30 when she was recruited in 1940, Fourcade had lived abroad, and relished the liberated environment of 1930s Paris. Still, she was astonished when “Navarre,” the code name for Georges Loustaunau-Lacau, asked her to be his deputy. Being a woman surely ruled her out, she protested to the World War I hero, who was secretly mobilizing citizens worried by Nazi aggression in Europe. That was precisely why she would be above suspicion, he told her. “Good God—it’s a woman!” cried another recruit, who became one of her most trusted aides. After Navarre was arrested in Algiers in 1941, Fourcade became the undisputed leader of Alliance. Few have done more for LGBTQ representation in Hollywood than Murphy. The prolific creator, who has two children with photographer husband David Miller, has devoted his career to telling the kinds of queer stories he never saw on TV growing up. From Glee to American Horror Story to Pose, Murphy has succeeded in building his own inclusive content universe — and he's continuing to add to it at Netflix, where he's dropped queer-centric shows like The Politician and Hollywood and has the upcoming movie The Boys in the Band. Tilly: Look at this, we're like equals. You know I'm full of s–t; I know that you know I'm full of s–t. We both know what you're here for.