![]() More than 10 years after its final episode aired on March 8, 2009, the beloved Showtime series is rebooting in the form of The L Word: Generation Q. The L Word had serious problems with homophobia, transphobia, and biphobia (if there’s an LGBTQ-related phobia, assume it’s somewhere in this show), but the show-about queer culture in Los Angeles, the often-true stereotype that queer people tend to date within their friend circles, and the highs and lows of chosen queer family-is all we’ve had to represent queer lives for a long time. My first girlfriend insisted I watch before exploring anything else in queer pop culture, and a quick, nerdy Google search proves the show lives on in gender studies curriculum across the country. ![]() ![]() Some had watch parties in their dorms circa 2004 others, as questioning teens, snuck the DVDs into their bedrooms years after the show aired. ![]()
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