[Commlist] contemporary LGBTQ+ television representations

*New documentary on contemporary LGBTQ+ television representations by 
Katherine Sender *

Katherine Sender (2023) /Beyond the Straight and Narrow: Queer and Trans 
Television in the Age of Streaming/. Media Education Foundation 72 minutes.

https://www.mediaed.org/beyond-the-straight-and-narrow/

/Beyond the Straight and Narrow: Queer and Trans Television in the Age 
of Streaming/ (Media Education Foundation, 2023) is the third in 
Katherine Sender’s documentaries that help us understand transformations 
in LGBTQ+ representations on US television. It reflects on gay and 
lesbian television narratives in 2010, before the streaming platforms 
such as Netflix and Amazon Prime began producing their own original 
content. While more plentiful than in earlier years, these shows were 
constrained by broadcast and cable distribution and the need for mass 
audiences. Streaming service appealed to subscribers by offering much 
more imaginative, challenging LGBTQ+ programs such as /Orange is the New 
Black/ and /Transparent/. They innovated more diverse and intersectional 
queer, nonbinary, and transgender characters, and allowed LGBTQ+ 
characters far greater character complexity. The documentary considers 
the importance of LGBTQ+ (and ally) writers, actors, and showrunners in 
producing more authentic and three-dimensional roles, and of audiences 
who demand satisfying narratives through social media. In an 
increasingly transnational media landscape, LGBTQ+ images traverse the 
world, further enriching our television landscape with complex and 
satisfying queer, transgender, and nonbinary images. The documentary 
considers these new television offerings in the light of the current 
backlash against LGBTQ+ civil rights in the US and elsewhere.

*Chapters:*

Introduction

Transforming television

Intersecting identities

Beyond binaries

Complicated characters

Agents of change

Fans talk back

Complexity in context


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