Best LGBTQ+ TV Shows On Amazon Prime Right Now

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Amazon Prime Video has become one of the most popular streaming services and boasts a library of original and licensed TV shows, including many with LGBTQ+ characters, relationships, and themes. Queer characters and creators have played a crucial role in Amazon's streaming growth, with series like Transparent generating early hype for the service. For those with an Amazon Prime subscription looking for queer content to celebrate Pride or any other occasion, Prime Video has plenty to offer.

Queer characters were once scarce on film and television, and when they did appear were often defined by their sexuality or limited to a one-off «special episode.» Only in the 1990s and 2000s did gay and lesbian characters begin to appear regularly on TV. The rise of streaming services like Amazon Prime or Netflix has created more opportunities for queer creators to tell their own stories. Today many shows have members of the LGBTQ+ community behind as well as in front of the cameras, resulting in more honest and inclusive depictions of queer life.

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While there are several Amazon Prime series that include LGBTQ+ characters, some of the shows are more noteworthy than others. The series highlighted below are ones that focus on queer culture and themes or where queer characters play central roles. Though many of these titles are recent, there are also some ground-breaking older shows that were important for their representation of queer characters and lives. All of the following series are available to stream on Amazon Prime Video in the US as of May 2021.

Banana Fish was an anime adaptation of one of the most popular «boys' love» or BL manga and involved Japanese journalist Eiji