Shayna Maci Warner, author of "The Rainbow Age of Television"

For the first time in the history of American television, we have television shows in which LGBTQIA+ characters have evolved from an anomaly to an almost given and celebrated presence on the small screen. But what more can queer TV do? Is each new queer character really breaking ground? And has the curse of the fictional dead lesbian finally been defeated?

"The Rainbow Age of Television: An Opinionated History of Queer TV"explores these questions and more as author Shayna Maci Warner tracks the history and evolution of LGBTQIA+ icons across the televised ages and into the future of streaming—from the very first queer kiss(we think) to the shows that are making household names and heroes of queer characters today.