{"id":70751,"date":"2018-07-16T16:28:36","date_gmt":"2018-07-16T20:28:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/must-see-lgbtq-tv-the-return-of-wynonna-earp-roxane-gay-on-breaking-big-and-light-in-the-water-documentary\/"},"modified":"2018-07-16T16:28:36","modified_gmt":"2018-07-16T20:28:36","slug":"must-see-lgbtq-tv-the-return-of-wynonna-earp-roxane-gay-on-breaking-big-and-light-in-the-water-documentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/must-see-lgbtq-tv-the-return-of-wynonna-earp-roxane-gay-on-breaking-big-and-light-in-the-water-documentary\/","title":{"rendered":"Must-See LGBTQ TV: The return of ‘Wynonna Earp,’ Roxane Gay on ‘Breaking Big,’ and ‘Light in the Water’ documentary"},"content":{"rendered":"

Must-See LGBTQ TV: The return of ‘Wynonna Earp,’ Roxane Gay on ‘Breaking Big,’ and ‘Light in the Water’ documentary<\/b><\/p>\n

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Grab the remote, set your DVR or queue up your streaming service of choice! GLAAD is bringing you the highlights LGBTQ on TV this week. Check back every Sunday for up-to-date coverage in LGBTQ-inclusive programming on TV.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, Logo will air the documentary Light in the Water <\/em>about the historic West Hollywood Aquatics Team (WH2O) and their place in the LGBTQ sports movement. WH2O formed out of a training group for the first Gay Games in 1982 and fought against stigma and homophobia in sports. \u201cSwimming was about celebrating and rising above all the darkness that was around us\u2026and striving to show the word that we are not being wiped out by an illness,\u201d said one of the team members. Light in the Water: Thursday, 8pm on Logo.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Friday\u2019s episode of PBS\u2019 Breaking Big, <\/em>which focuses on an individual artist or innovator each week and how they got their break, is dedicated to out bisexual<\/a> author and advocate Roxane Gay. The episode will delve into Gay\u2019s work, and how she became one of the most powerful voices in modern feminism today. Author of bestselling essay collections Bad Feminist <\/em>and Hunger, <\/em>Gay also penned the GLAAD Media Award recipent for Outstanding\u00a0Comic Book,\u00a0World of Wakanda<\/em>. Breaking Big: Roxane Gay: Friday, 8:30 on PBS.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Syfy\u2019s GLAAD Media Award-nominated science-fiction Western show Wynonna Earp <\/em>is back for a third season this Friday. The show follows the titular Wynonna as she fights demons is the aptly named town of Purgatory with a ragtag crew. This includes her out bisexual<\/a> sister Waverly as well as Waverly’s girlfriend<\/a>, policer officer Nicole Haught. The third season promises much more of this fan favorite couple<\/a>. In the season premiere, a mysterious bus full of\u00a0strangers rolls into town, and Wynonna must figure out why they’re in Purgatory before the entire town falls under their spell. Wynonna Earp: Friday, 9pm on Syfy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Sunday, July 15: Pose<\/a> (9pm, FX); Claws<\/a> (9pm, TNT)<\/p>\n

Monday: Dietland<\/a> (9pm, AMC)<\/p>\n

Tuesday: The Bold Type<\/a> (8pm, Freeform); Animal Kingdom<\/a> (9pm, TNT); Humans<\/a> (10pm, AMC); Younger<\/a> (10pm, TV Land)<\/p>\n

Wednesday: Harlots<\/a> (Hulu); Young and Hungry<\/a> (8pm, Freeform); The Originals<\/a> (9pm, The CW); Queen Sugar<\/a> (10pm, OWN)<\/p>\n

Thursday: Light in the Water (8pm, Logo); Nashville<\/a> (9pm, CMT); American Woman<\/a> (10pm, Paramount)<\/p>\n

Friday: Quantico<\/a> (8pm, ABC); Breaking Big: Roxane Gay<\/a> (8:30pm, PBS); Wynonna Earp<\/a> (9pm, Syfy); Killjoys<\/a> (10pm, Syfy)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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