LGBTQ Stars on the First Time They Saw Themselves Represented on Screen (Exclusive)
and, examined a history of on-screen representation for the LGBTQ community and what that meant for not only those involved in those portrayals but for those watching them. For a long time, film and TV has been an opportunity to expand visibility, albeit with plenty of missteps along the way, and for people watching to find or see themselves in a way that never have before.“It’s easy to turn on your television now and go, ‘Almost every show has an LGBTQ character,’ and just assume that that’s a natural thing,” Wilson Cruz previously told ET.