Transgender TV Shows
by marylandtransunity | created - 06 Oct 2020 | updated - 04 Jan 2022 | PublicTV series (including docuseries) with major trans* characters & subjects
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1. Always Jane (2021)
45 min | Documentary
Jane Noury lives with her family in rural New Jersey, and like any teenager, must balance friends, family, and school. While today's political and social climate may not seem like the ... See full summary »
Stars: Jane Noury, Laura Noury, Mae Noury, Gabriel Golam
Votes: 827
2. Billions (2016–2023)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama
New money means no mercy as Mike Prince takes the Axe Capital throne. Chuck Rhoades is convinced no one should have that much wealth - or power. As all the players seek out new alliances, only one thing's for certain - wealth means war.
Stars: Paul Giamatti, Damian Lewis, Maggie Siff, David Costabile
Votes: 109,561
3. Butterfly (2018)
60 min | Drama
Eleven-year-old Max identifies as a girl and wants to live her life as Maxine. Her separated parents, Vicky and Stephen, attempt to work out how best to cope with and support this huge life decision.
Stars: Emmett J Scanlan, Callum Booth-Ford, Anna Friel, Lorraine Burroughs
Votes: 1,856
4. Difficult People (2015–2017)
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy
Julie and Billy, two jaded aspiring comedians who live together in New York City, navigate through their thirties while dealing with their individual careers and personal relationships.
Stars: Julie Klausner, Billy Eichner, James Urbaniak, Andrea Martin
Votes: 4,585
5. Euphoria (2019– )
TV-MA | 55 min | Drama
A look at life for a group of high school students as they grapple with issues of drugs, sex, and violence.
Stars: Zendaya, Hunter Schafer, Jacob Elordi, Maude Apatow
Votes: 242,248
6. Feel Good (2020–2021)
TV-MA | 315 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The series follows recovering addict and comedian Mae, who is trying to control the addictive behaviors and intense romanticism that permeate every facet of their life.
Stars: Mae Martin, Charlotte Ritchie, Phil Burgers, Jack Barry
Votes: 13,840
7. First Day (2020–2022)
Drama
It's Hannah Bradford's first year of high school. As a transgender girl, Hannah not only has to navigate the challenges that come with starting a new school, but find the courage to live as her most authentic self.
Stars: Evie Macdonald, Elena Liu, Nandini Rajagopal, Arwen Diamond
Votes: 282
8. Hourou Musuko (2011)
25 min | Animation, Drama
Yoshino and Shuichi are two friends, both starting at a new school, both starting puberty, and both transgender. This series follows them as they come out and find acceptance.
Stars: Asami Seto, Yui Horie
Votes: 349
9. I Am Jazz (2015– )
TV-14 | 42 min | Reality-TV
Fourteen-year-old Jazz Jennings, co-author of the popular children's book "I Am Jazz", experiences the typical pressures of entering high school, except with an added, unusual factor- she's transgender.
Stars: Jazz Jennings, Jeanette Jennings, Greg Jennings, Ari Jennings
Votes: 1,125
10. The Lady and the Dale (2021)
TV-14 | 212 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
Elizabeth Carmichael, a larger-than-life entrepreneur rose to prominence with her promotion of a fuel-efficient, three-wheeled car known as The Dale.
Stars: Candi Michael, Charles Richard Barrett, Gerry McGuinness, Evan Michael Lee
Votes: 1,440
11. Orange Is the New Black (2013–2019)
TV-MA | 59 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Convicted of a decade-old crime of transporting drug money, ordinarily law-abiding Piper Chapman is sentenced to 18 months behind bars and quickly discovers the realities of life-changing prison time.
Stars: Taylor Schilling, Danielle Brooks, Taryn Manning, Emma Myles
Votes: 320,275
12. Pose (2018–2021)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama
In the New York of the late '80s and early '90s, this is a story of ball culture and the gay and trans community, the raging AIDS crisis, and capitalism.
Stars: Michaela Jaé (MJ) Rodriguez, Dominique Jackson, Indya Moore, Angel Bismark
Votes: 32,845
13. Queen Sugar (2016–2022)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama
Follows the life of three siblings, one of whom moves from Los Angeles to Louisiana to claim a shared inheritance from their recently departed father: an 800-acre sugarcane farm.
Stars: Rutina Wesley, Kofi Siriboe, Omar J. Dorsey, Nicholas L. Ashe
Votes: 5,724
14. Rurangi (2020– )
96 min | Drama
After skipping town a decade ago, transgender activist Caz Davis returns to the remote, politically divided dairy community of Rurangi, hoping to reconnect with his estranged father, who hasn't heard from him since before Caz transitioned.
Stars: Elz Carrad, Awhina-Rose Ashby, Aroha Rawson, Renee Sheridan
Votes: 238
15. Saved by the Bell (2020–2021)
TV-14 | 25 min | Comedy
A group of California low-income high school students are transferred to Pacific Palisades' wealthy Bayside High, following a program by California Governor Zack Morris.
Stars: Haskiri Velazquez, Mitchell Hoog, Josie Totah, Alycia Pascual-Pena
Votes: 3,819
16. Sense8 (2015–2018)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A group of people around the world are suddenly linked mentally, and must find a way to survive being hunted by those who see them as a threat to the world's order.
Stars: Bae Doona, Jamie Clayton, Tina Desai, Tuppence Middleton
Votes: 163,082
17. Sex Education (2019–2023)
TV-MA | 60 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A teenage boy with a sex therapist mother teams up with a high school classmate to set up an underground sex therapy clinic at school.
Stars: Asa Butterfield, Gillian Anderson, Ncuti Gatwa, Emma Mackey
Votes: 351,675
18. Sort Of (2021–2024)
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Drama
Follows a gender-fluid millennial who straddles various identities, exposing the identities and labels that are no longer applicable.
Stars: Bilal Baig, Amanda Cordner, Gray Powell, Grace Lynn Kung
Votes: 2,397
19. Star Trek: Discovery (2017–2024)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Ten years before Kirk, Spock, and the Enterprise, the USS Discovery discovers new worlds and lifeforms as one Starfleet officer learns to understand all things alien.
Stars: Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Anthony Rapp, Mary Wiseman
Votes: 135,276
20. Steven Universe (2013–2019)
TV-PG | 11 min | Animation, Short, Action
A team of intergalactic warriors fights to protect the Earth, but the combination of three highly trained beings and one quirky young boy leaves the team struggling to overcome the dangerous scenarios that are put in front of them.
Stars: Zach Callison, Deedee Magno, Michaela Dietz, Estelle
Votes: 39,742
21. Supergirl (2015–2021)
TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The adventures of Superman's cousin and her own superhero career.
Stars: Melissa Benoist, Chyler Leigh, David Harewood, Katie McGrath
Votes: 129,607
22. Transparent (2014–2019)
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Drama
An L.A. family with serious boundary issues have their past and future unravel when a dramatic admission causes everyone's secrets to spill out.
Stars: Jeffrey Tambor, Amy Landecker, Gaby Hoffmann, Jay Duplass
Votes: 23,449
23. Veneno (2020)
TV-MA | 421 min | Biography, Drama
A biographical story of TV personality and transgender icon La Veneno and those who surrounded her.
Stars: Lola Rodríguez, Isabel Torres, Paca la Piraña, Daniela Santiago
Votes: 4,705
24. We Are Who We Are (2020)
TV-MA | 462 min | Drama
Two American kids who live on a U.S. military base in Italy explore friendship, first love, identity, and all the messy exhilaration and anguish of being a teenager.
Stars: Jack Dylan Grazer, Jordan Kristine Seamón, Chloë Sevigny, Alice Braga
Votes: 9,754
25. When They See Us (2019)
TV-MA | 75 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Five teens from Harlem become trapped in a nightmare when they're falsely accused of a brutal attack in Central Park. Based on the true story.
Stars: Asante Blackk, Caleel Harris, Ethan Herisse, Marquis Rodriguez
Votes: 137,922
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