What Does Gen Z Want on TV?
Everything Under the Rainbow

So many current TV shows want to speak to Gen Z, but does the queerest generation on record actually feel seen when we watch shows like Euphoria, Heartstopper, and Yellowjackets?

What do queer kids want from film and TV representation, and what are the onscreen images that speak most to us as a community?

INTO asked queer and trans kids what they want to see and what makes us feel seen. In our latest digital cover story, we talk about the past, present, and future of queer media in a time when representation is becoming a lifeline for so many teens under attack across the country.

Henry Giardina
INTO Editor-In-Chief

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INTO Gen Z roundtable participants (l-r) Alex Chung, Olive Benito, and Rose Fyffe.

"It’s important to show people that there can be a happy ending because sometimes queer youth don't have any actual queer people that they know in real life. Even if those shows are cheesy to some people, I think that we need all sorts of queer media — especially cheesy love stories where everybody ends up happy.”
— Olive Benito

“Having a singular representation, or trying to put the onus on media to represent an entire community of people, is just impossible.”
— Alex Chun

“The amount of times I've seen queer people portrayed in the media by how a straight person views them is very high. If you want to be honest and very true to those experiences, they need to come directly from the people themselves.”
— Rose Fyffe