Solo Mission: A Lesbian Spy Story

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In the latest episode of the Disney+ series Hawkeye, we got to meet a new member of the Lesbian Cop Club, Wendy Conrad. While she may be the latest queer character to be introduced into the MCU, she shares a long legacy with other lesbian cops in TV and movies. I'LL FEEL GOOD ABOUT HOLLYWOOD'S LGBTQ REPRESENTATION WHEN"I'm constantly torn between wanting us to be normal and mainstream and ingratiated into regular Hollywood and wanting us to burn the whole system down." I'LL FEEL GOOD ABOUT HOLLYWOOD'S LGBTQ REPRESENTATION WHEN"Every network has at least one series on air created by an LGBTQ person, centering an LGBTQ lead, played by LGBTQ talent."

The Italian director has been making critically adored movies since the late '90s, but it was 2017's Call Me by Your Namethat catapulted Guadagnino onto the world stage. While there are talks about a sequel that would reunite stars Timothée Chalamet and Armie Hammer, Guadagnino, who was recently tapped to helm Universal's Scarfaceremake, will next release HBO queer-friendly coming-of-age miniseries We Are Who We Are. 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. The writer made history with Pose, which features the largest number of trans actors ever on scripted TV. His and Ryan Murphy's FX drama, renewed for a third season, is widely praised as the bellwether of boosted trans and person-of-color representation on and behind the camera. Her husband reacted surprisingly well too, suggesting that they enrol in therapy to help both of them exit their long-standing relationship. I took this as my cue to make a commitment and said I would move to the suburbs to be with her and her three children, once her husband had moved out.I FELT MOST PROUD TO BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY LAST YEAR WHEN"Seeing the cast of Pose thriving and enjoying the respect and admiration they deserve."

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." THE PERSON I THINK DOESN'T GET ENOUGH CREDIT FOR THEIR ACTIVISM"One of the unsung heroes of the civil rights movement, Bayard Rustin. Bayard fought alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. but was erased from much of history because he was gay. I’d love to see his Selma story be turned into a film." Gershon: I'm really proud of this movie, probably more than any other film I've done. These women are sexy and they're smart. They outsmart the bad guys. And they're funny and witty. They were into each other; they didn't need a man to help them. That was all a combination no one had really seen before. These parts weren't around a lot. 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 FELT MOST PROUD TO BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY LAST YEAR WHEN"I interviewed Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union on my show and they talked about their love for their daughter." 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."

After leading the charge to revive Roseanne— and then the charge to save and revamp it as The Conners— Gilbert continues to star in and exec produce the hit ABC sitcom, championing pro-LGBTQ storylines that include her character's son. Leaving behind CBS' The Talk, she recently launched production company Sara + Tom with Tom Werner to create new inclusive projects.

I'LL FEEL GOOD ABOUT HOLLYWOOD'S LGBTQ REPRESENTATION WHEN"Movies and shows stop queer-baiting and just start writing more queer characters and storylines." I FIRST FELT REPRESENTED WHEN I SAW"My character Lionel in Dear White People. I literally couldn't find myself in the culture."

At her company, Killer Films, the veteran indie producer of movies like Caroland Boys Don't Cryhas taken both pride in and heat for bringing to screen a broad range of LGBTQ characters. Vachon's upcoming projects see her reteaming with director Todd Haynes for a documentary on The Velvet Underground, producing a Netflix mini­series about fashion designer Halston (starring Ewan McGregor) and delivering on a just-inked first-look deal with MGM. Gershon: I was pushing Sinatra, "The Best Is Yet to Come". I was hearing that in my head, and I think they were toying with that, but then this is what they went with which was great. I mean you can't go wrong with Tom Jones. I FELT MOST PROUD TO BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY LAST YEAR WHEN"An openly gay man became a true contender as a presidential candidate." Gershon: [The Wachowskis] knew every angle, every cut. They came from doing graphic novels so they really had it in their heads.Tilly: That was my dress. Those are my earrings. That's my watch. I wore pretty much all my own clothes…After the movie, I gave some of the clothes to my sister. The dress, in the last scene, she shows up wearing it [one time] and I'm like, "You know how many lesbians would love to get their hands on that dress. That's an artifact! It should be in a museum!" She's like, "It's my favorite dress!"