Episode 14 - Queering US Soaps: Progress, Panic, and Lost Storylines
What happens when soaps want queer stories but networks panic first?
Rachael and Jenn trace queer representation across American daytime, from blink-and-you-miss-it early characters to the legacy kids and breakout storylines that finally forced the genre to pay attention.
They get into why some stories landed, why others felt tokenistic, and how much depended on whether a character was “important enough” for audiences to care.
Along the way: Bianca Montgomery as a genuine game changer, trans representation done right and very much wrong, and the maddening pattern of networks killing queer…
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