20 Times Hollywood Got It Right By Casting LGBTQ+ Actors In Leading Queer Roles
20 Times Hollywood Got It Right By Casting LGBTQ+ Actors In Leading Queer Roles
Casting LGBTQ+ actors in queer roles is an important step for LGBTQ+ equality in the entertainment industry. Sadly, a lot of our past favorite gay characters were played by straight actors. While we are happy about the representation, it is just not enough.
2. Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Mitchell Pritchett in Modern Family
3. Indya Moore as Angel Evangelista in Pose
4. Sara Ramirez as Callie Torres in Grey’s Anatomy
5. Dan Levy as David Rose in Schitt’s Creek
6. Brigette Lundy-Paine as Casey Gardner in Atypical
7. Sean Hayes as Jack McFarland in Will & Grace
8. Kristen Stewart as Abby in Happiest Season
9. Keiynan Lonsdale as Abraham Greenfeld in Love, Victor and Love, Simon
10. Lena Waithe as Denise in Master of None
11. Megan Fox as Jennifer Check in Jennifer’s Body
12. Hunter Schafer as Jules Vaughn in Euphoria
13. Chris Colfer as Kurt Hummel in Glee
14. Laverne Cox as Sophia Burset in Orange Is the New Black
15. Sarah Paulson as Lana Winters in American Horror Story
16. Reneé Rapp as Leighton Murray in The Sex Lives of College Girls
17. Omar Ayuso as Omar Shanaa in Elite
18. Olly Alexander as Ritchie Tozer in It’s A Sin
19. Lachlan Watson as Theo Putnam in Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
20. Tituss Burgess as Titus Andromedon in Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt