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Best of the decade: What were the top 10 LGBTQ+ shows of the 2010s?

By Shaun Stacy

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GOOD TROUBLE - "Byte Club" - Mariana forms a women-in-tech Òfight clubÓ with other women in her office to deal with sexism in their workplace. Meanwhile, despite bonding over past traumas, Callie & Rebecca donÕt see eye-to-eye on how to address a potential workplace harassment situation for a colleague. This episode of "Good Trouble" airs Tuesday, Feb. 6 (8:00 - 9:01 P.M. EST) on Freeform. (Freeform/Richard Cartwright) CIERRA RAMIREZ, MAIA MITCHELL
GOOD TROUBLE - "Byte Club" - Mariana forms a women-in-tech Òfight clubÓ with other women in her office to deal with sexism in their workplace. Meanwhile, despite bonding over past traumas, Callie & Rebecca donÕt see eye-to-eye on how to address a potential workplace harassment situation for a colleague. This episode of "Good Trouble" airs Tuesday, Feb. 6 (8:00 - 9:01 P.M. EST) on Freeform. (Freeform/Richard Cartwright) CIERRA RAMIREZ, MAIA MITCHELL /

The Fosters (Freeform, 2013-2018)

The second Freeform series to appear on our list, The Fosters is a family drama created by Queer As Folk alum Peter Paige and superstar Jennifer Lopez. It follows the lives the members of the Foster family headed by a lesbian couple, one a cop and one a school vice principal, who raise one biological son and four adopted children in Southern California. The series garnered critical acclaim for its portrayal of LGBTQ+ themes, earning two GLAAD Media Awards and one Teen Choice Award for Breakout Show.

Led by veteran actresses Teri Polo, who played Stef Adams Foster, and Sherri Saum, who played Stef’s wife Lena Adams Foster, the show made it a point to show that what goes on in a home with children who have parents of the same sex is just like what heterosexual parents go though. In addition to the leading ladies’ queer character, adopted son Jude (Hayden Byerly) eventually comes out as gay. The series was groundbreaking at the time, depicting the home lives of same-sex couples in a way we hadn’t previously seen in a family drama.

While the show ended after only five seasons, the themes of acceptance and love continue in the show’s spin-off, Good Trouble, which finds the Foster daughters moving to Los Angeles as they enter adulthood. Good Trouble also features a variety of queer characters and is definitely worth the watch, especially if you enjoyed The Fosters.

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