11 LGBTQ women who should write for The L Word reboot

RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CA – FEBRUARY 07: Writer/producer Jill Soloway speaks onstage during The 2017 MAKERS Conference Day 2 at Terranea Resort on February 7, 2017 in Rancho Palos Verdes, California. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for AOL)

Jill Soloway

Jill Soloway has completely redefined the landscape of queer television in just a few short years with the beautiful, inclusive, complicated story that is Transparent. And now with a new show, I Love Dick, a new drive, and a relatively newly realized gender identity, Jill is set to probably take the world by storm by the time the first episode of this reboot airs. So why not get them onboard now and speed things up?!

Soloway, who has recently opened up about preferring they/them pronouns, has begun dating women, and redefining their gender (or lack thereof) later in life, and whose famous Emmy speech—wherein they uttered a battle cry to “topple the patriarchy!” after winning for directing—was basically 50 Shades of Grey to me, truly needs to be attached to this new season of The L Word  or else nothing in the world makes sense. Think about it: their show-running record is basically immaculate, their impact has rippled through Hollywood at an alarmingly amazing rate, and their insight into the experiences of LGBTQ women from all walks of life is close to unmatched. They’re essentially a queer writer nerd’s fantasy come true, and the depth they would add to the already adored characters of this show would be…too transformative for a mere peon like me to be able to convey.

And if their record isn’t enough to convince you, read about how their relationship with their own gender identity has come to inform their work:

"“I’ve become more queer and more gender non-conforming, and basically gotten rid of everything that one would consider femme-presenting in my life. I realized at the tender age of 50 that I had a life yet to live that I didn’t even realize was mine. I dated women and started to find myself in a queer community and around lesbians, and I think my evolution became not just about being queer, not just about being a lesbian, but really being willing to look at my own gender. Something for me about a non-binary identity and identifying as queer is allowing me to be more at home with my ideas and my mind.”"

YES, PLEASE! MORE OF THIS FOREVER! AND ALSO, TOPPLE THE PATRIARCHY!!!!