LGBTQIA+ shows on Lionsgate Play: Don’t miss these Pride Month specials on the OTT platform

Just a few days left for Pride Month 2023 to end. Here are a few LGBTQIA+ drama series that you must watch on Lionsgate Play…

Leopard Skin 

Created by Sebastian Gutierrez, Leopard Skin is an edgy and intimate crime thriller series, featuring Carla Gugino, Gaite Jansen, Gentry White, Nora Arnezeder, Margot Bingham, Amelia Eve and Ana de la Reguera in key roles. The eight-episode unfolds when three criminals are forced to take shelter in a remote paradise, after a botched jewellery heist. As they await their fate, petrifying recollections of their past and unsettling desires prove to be more disturbing than the theft.

Also read: Leopard Skin review: A prowling, twisty thriller that lacks cohesion

Vida 

Starring Mishel Prada, Ser Anzoategui and Melissa Barrera, Vida is a half-hour drama series helmed by Tanya Saracho. The plot of this three-season series revolves around two Mexican-American sisters from Los Angeles, who couldn’t be more different or distanced from each other. After returning to their old neighbourhood, they are haunted by their past, while also coming across a surprising truth about their mother’s identity.

Minx 

The 10-episode comedy series, Minx, is written and directed by Ellen Rapoport, with Ophelia Lovibond, Michael Angarano, Jessica Lowe, Oscar Montoya, Lennon Parham, Idara Victor and Jake Johnson playing pivotal roles. The story takes you to the 1970s in Los Angeles, where a young feminist collaborates with a low-rent publisher to create the first erotic magazine for women.

Home Economics 

Created by Michael Colton and John Aboud, Home Economics is a three-season comedy series that follows the heartwarming yet uncomfortable relationship between three adult siblings: one in the 1%, one middle-class and one barely holding on. Based on the life of writer and executive producer Michael Colton, the show stars Topher Grace, Caitlin McGee, Jimmy Tatro, Karla Souza and Sasheer Zamata.

It’s a Sin 

Written by Russell T Davies, this drama miniseries is set in London, between 1981 and 1991. It’s a Sin is the story of a group of gay men and their friends during the HIV/AIDS crisis in the UK. Olly Alexander, Omari Douglas, Callum Scott Howells, Lydia West and Nathaniel Curtis are featured in key roles in the five-episode show.

Also read: It’s a Sin review: The tragedy of an epidemic that the world ignored

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