This is a fun and accessible blend of pop culture, entertainment, and queer history that celebrates LGBTQ+ television and examines the past, present, and future of queer representation on the small screen. But something completely new is stirring, too?the first Rainbow Age. For the first time in the history of American television, we have queer women who fight the trope of inevitable on-screen death; gay men who are more than just a flamboyant best friend; and trans people played by trans actors. But our screens certainly haven't always been this colorful. How did we get to this veritable wealth of representation and sometimes glitter-strewn dimensionality?
