Geena Davis. Susan Sarandon. Brad Pitt. Dancing, sex, robbery, blowing up big rig trucks with misogynistic drivers. Though the movie falls under several genres (action, adventure, comedy), it’s no stretch for queer audiences who are used to reading subtext in pop culture to see the non-heteronormative, ever-growing freedom these women, written by Acadamy Award-winning Callie Khouri, give to themselves and each other.

The writer's room of Ted Lasso brings a sympathy to each and every character, allowing them all to be protagonist and antagonist alike from episode to episode, growing and changing along the story's arc. The show also explores a range of sexualities without always explicitly adding labels to the characters.

Transgender and gender-nonconforming people have existed since the beginning of humanity, but have only recently been legitimately and respectfully recognized and celebrated by the entertainment industry.