Cast of the l word actually gay

Jennifer Beals, who played power lesbian Bette Porter, was the sole household name among the main cast members, and Hailey was the only out lesbian. According to Showtime, 1 million viewers. Here are the original L Word veterans who are now publicly gay, lesbian, queer or bisexual: 1. Leisha Hailey / Alice Pieszecki. The only out lesbian playing a main character when the show. Created by writer/producer Ilene Chaiken (Barb Wire, Empire), The L Word was the early aughts’ lesbionic answer to Showtime’s gay male drama, Queer as Folk.

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The cast featured a combination of film. Before heading off on a tour to celebrate their new book, Hailey and Moennig talked with Them about revisiting their memories of the boundary-shattering show, the misconceptions fans may have of them, and who they’d want to cast as their characters in an L Word reboot. Kate Moennig and Leisha Hailey love to yap about ‘The L Word’ — the iconic lesbian show that made them stars — so much they wrote a whole book about it.

Here, they discuss writing their joint memoir, ‘So Gay for You.’. It's just a testament that the show struck a nerve, and that's the kind of work that I think every actor hopes to be a part of. We have actual lesbian desire depicted. What is a 'pick me girl'? MA: I never get to ask this question because we record interviews usually prior to the release date.

When the first episode of The L Word aired on Showtime inthere had never been a show quite like it. KM: Nothing got axed, but there were certainly edits. MA: You guys recorded together? View full post on X. I remember running home to watch reruns of Cagney and Lacey as a kid, just so I could build fantasies around these two characters. I blame the men in charge.

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That's what really blew my mind. We were supposed to talk about our music, but the DJ made it about us. Relief washed over me: I not only had a job, but one I actually wanted. But the literal shape of it really started happening as we were submitting our chapters.

Skip to Content. We're trying to do it our way, or at least the way we would want something to be done. Also, Kate, when you said Jenny was the best character. And we were like, "Oh, that is interesting. Actually, I love that line in the book when you said, "When you find your people, your body knows. LH: Yeah, and we also we have a lot of businesses together now.

Hollywood seems to only pay attention to a certain faction of an audience when they're missing out on an audience that would be readily available, provided you give them quality work. Leisha Hailey is an actor, director, and musician, best known for her role as Alice Pieszecki in the iconic series The L Word. And as long as we have that and we're picking up the slack, it works.

LH: She was like, "Really? Leisha Hailey: Thanks for having us. So, we're having to show up for each other in a different way as well, business-wise. Our record company panicked. Other writing of hers has appeared on the Millions, the Rumpus, and the New Yorker.