Hello friends, it’s me, here on the internet because we have come once again to the month of June, during which time streaming networks celebrate the existence of gay people by rearranging their home pages to highlight LGBTQ+ films in their library while, sadly, not coming up with very much new stuff for us!
This is actually the worst Pride Month yet by a longshot when it comes to lesbian, bisexual and queer women and/or trans characters, with not a single new scripted television program or movie centered on a character who identifies as any of the above. It somehow feels like adding insult to injury that Netflix’s single bone tossed in our direction is going to be a documentary about noted transphobe and lesbian tennis icon Martina Navratilova.
That said, it’s actually a pretty great month to be a gay man — two new Thai BL series are landing on Netflix, a super-buzzy Polish drama is premiering on HBO Max and there’s a new season of Interview With a Vampire on AMC+.
Painful for me personally is that a few of the (queer-inclusive!) shows I have been loving lately have all recently ended — The Testaments, Rooster and Hacks. Watch those if you haven’t yet.
Also…. there is some homoeroticism in the Strung trailer… so we’ll see how that pans out!.
Netflix
You Can Live Forever (2022) // Netflix// June 4
After her father’s sudden death, Jamie (Anwen O’Driscoll) is sent to live with her aunt in a devoutly religious Jehovah’s Witness community — and finds herself falling in love with Marike, the daughter of the congregation’s leader.
Office Romance (2026) // Netflix // June 5
This Brett Goldstein / Jennifer Lopez romantic comedy about an affair between a CEO and her company’s legal counsel also features Mary Wiseman, Ali Stroker and Mo Welch. Will all three of those queer queens be playing straight characters? I’d be very surprised if so!
I’m the Most Beautiful Count: Season One // Netflix // June 5
This Thai BL drama centers on Prince,…