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The L Word Is as Sexy as Ever in New Generation Q Teaser 

The L Word Is as Sexy as Ever in New Generation Q Teaser 

The L Word: Generation Q

It looks like the denizens of The L Word: Generation Q are having just as much sex as the originals. 

Last month the first teaser trailer for The L Word: Generation Q dropped, kicking off with Jennifer Beals's iconic Bette Porter running to be the mayor of Los Angeles. In addition to original character Bette, Leisha Hailey returns as Alice, and Katherine Moennig is back as the lovable lothario Shane, who, from the trailer, appears to remain the queen of hookups. Now a new teaser reveals that Shane is still wooing women at every turn. It also lets on that Shane, Bette, and Alice can still pull off their signature repartee.

The new teaser doesn't give too much away except that sex and romance are in the air, and we wouldn't have it any other way!

The first high-energy trailer also really only telegraphed Bette's political aspirations, the fact that Alice appears to have her own talk show (and is as witty as ever), and that Shane has moved back from somewhere else. The other noticeable plot point is that the new series appears primarily set in Los Angeles's Silver Lake neighborhood as opposed to West Hollywood, where the original series, which ran for six seasons from 2004 to 2009, was set. The new eight-episode season drops December 8.

Screenwriter and playwright Marja-Lewis Ryan (The Four-Faced Liar) is the showrunner who's shepherding a new generation of LGBTQ people into the world of characters who once congregated at the fictional cafe The Planet.

As far as new characters, and there are plenty, the trailer gives almost nothing away, but there's been enough casting news to gather some sort of idea about who they are.

Among the new denizens of the L Word universe is Jordi, "a rebellious teen with absent parents," who will be played by trans actress Sophie Giannamore (Transparent), according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The squad also includes "kind-hearted Rebecca, who often finds herself attracted to the wrong kind of women."Juno's Olivia Thirlby (who is bisexual) has been cast to play her. Lesbian stand-up and costar of The Mindy Project Fortune Feimster joins the cast as Heather, "an aspiring comedian who lacks boundaries," THR reports.

Lex Scott Davis of The First Purge and the Training Day TV series will play Quiara, "a sensual lead singer whose international travels bring her back to L.A."

The show's other new cast members, announced in June, include Arienne Mandi, Leo Sheng, Jacqueline Toboni, and Rosanny Zayas.

Mandi plays Dani Nunez, a public relations executive who is "powerful and calculating." Sheng, who costars in Rhys Ernst's controversial movie Adam, plays Micah Lee, "a soft-spoken adjunct professor forced to confront his fear of vulnerability." Meanwhile, Toboni plays Sarah Finley, an assistant reconciling her sexual identity with her religious background. Zayas plays Sophie Suarez, a TV producer who subverts her own needs to those of others.

Other recent casting announcements included that Stephanie Allyne (who is married to Tig Notaro and appeared in One Mississippi) was cast as Nat, "a sweet therapist who is struggling to co-parent with a hostile ex-wife and her live-in girlfriend." And Queen Sugar's Brian Michael, who is trans, was cast as Pierce Williams, "a buttoned-up, fastidious, expert political strategist and a veteran of LA."

Watch the new, super-sexy teaser below.

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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.