Must See LGBTQ TV: ‘More Than T’ documentary, Logo Trailblazer Honors, and more!
Grab the remote, set your DVR or queue up your streaming service of choice! GLAAD is bringing you the highlights in LGBTQ on TV this week. Check back every Sunday for up-to-date coverage in LGBTQ-inclusive programming on TV.
Ahead of schedule, Freeform is airing their new series The Bold Type, following three friends who work at a fictional women’s magazine. The show explores their friendship, relationships, feminism, and being in their 20s. The pilot includes a story with one the core three Kat (Aisha Dee), as she tries to get Adena (Nikhol Boohsheri), a lesbian Muslim artist, to let the magazine run her story. The two of them develop a connection in the pilot that will be explored within the first season. The Bold Type: Tuesday, 9pm on Freeform.
NBC’s delightfully fun Hollywood Game Night is back for its fifth season on Thursday. Emmy award winning out actress Jane Lynch hosts this show inside her apartment, where teams of celebrities face off against each other in classic party games. The premiere features members of the Veep cast versus those from The Walking Dead. Hollywood Game Night: Thursday, 8pm on NBC.
From acclaimed and out transgender filmmaker Silas Howard, comes a new hour documentary special More Than T on Showtime. The documentary follows seven different transgender and gender nonconforming individuals, and tells their stories. Said Howard about the documentary, “We really need these stories to recover our humanity these days and to connect us, especially with what’s going on in the world.” More than T: 4:30 & 10:35pm on Showtime
On Friday night, Logo is airing their 4th annual Trailblazer Honors, an award show for pioneers who have fought for the LGBTQ community. The special honorees this year include award winning singer and philanthropist Cyndi Lauper; famed AIDS and LGBTQ activist Cleve Jones; the late dancer, choreographer and activist Alvin Ailey; and the creators of Will and Grace, Max Mutchnick and David Kohan. There will also be special guests and speakers. Logo Trailblazer Honors: Friday 9pm on Logo.
Sunday, June 18th: Fear the Walking Dead (9pm, AMC); American Gods (9pm, Starz); Veep (10:30pm, HBO)
Monday: Shadowhunters (8pm, Freeform); Stitchers (9pm, Freeform)
Tuesday: The Bold Type (9pm, Freeform); Animal Kingdom (9pm, TNT) Queen Sugar (10pm, OWN) Wrecked (10pm, TBS)
Wednesday: Kingdom (8pm, Audience Network); Queen Sugar (10pm, Own); Lopez (10:32pm, TVLand)
Thursday: Hollywood Game Night (8pm, NBC); Nashville (9pm, CMT) The Night Shift (10pm, NBC)
Friday: More Than T (4pm & 10:35pm, Showtime); The Originals (8pm, The CW); Logo Trailblazer Honors (Logo, 9pm); Wynonna Earp (10pm, SyFy)
Saturday: Doctor Who (9pm, BBC America); Orphan Black (10pm, BBC America)
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