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LGBT Representation on TV Was as Important as Ever in 2017
While Donald Trump and his administration worked to roll back rights and protections for LGBT people in 2017, artists and creators broke barriers with new representation for queer people. Freeform's freshmen series introduced a relationship between a biracial bisexual woman and a lesbian Muslim, the Disney Channel kicked off its first gay storyline, TV got its first openly asexual character, and Kristen Stewart declared, "I'm like, so gay, dude" while talking about Trump in a moment of pure abandon on live television, and that's just the beginning of ways LGBT people shook up the status quo on the small screen.
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Tracy E. Gilchrist
Tracy E. Gilchrist is the VP, Executive Producer of Entertainment for the Advocate Channel. A media veteran, she writes about the
intersections of LGBTQ+ equality and pop culture. Previously, she was the editor-in-chief of The Advocate and the first feminism editor for the 55-year-old brand. In 2017, she launched the company's first podcast, The Advocates. She is an experienced broadcast interviewer, panel moderator, and public speaker who has delivered her talk, "Pandora's Box to Pose: Game-changing Visibility in Film and TV," at universities throughout the country.
Tracy E. Gilchrist is the VP, Executive Producer of Entertainment for the Advocate Channel. A media veteran, she writes about the
intersections of LGBTQ+ equality and pop culture. Previously, she was the editor-in-chief of The Advocate and the first feminism editor for the 55-year-old brand. In 2017, she launched the company's first podcast, The Advocates. She is an experienced broadcast interviewer, panel moderator, and public speaker who has delivered her talk, "Pandora's Box to Pose: Game-changing Visibility in Film and TV," at universities throughout the country.