Based on a True Story TV Shows (
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While fictionalized and sensationalized, these shows are based on real things that happened to real people in the real world. Who knew!?

The Normal Heart

A gay activist attempts to raise H.I.V. and A.I.D.S. awareness during the early 1980s.

Network:
Airdates: 2014

The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister

A drama telling the story of Anne Lister, 1791-1840, a Yorkshire landowner, industrialist, traveller and diarist who kept her orientation secret from society at large but in private defied convention by living with her female lover.

Network:
Airdates: 2010

Trapped: The Alex Cooper Story

When I Was Fifteen I Told My Mormon Parents I Was Gay, and That’s When My Nightmare Began.

Network:
Airdates: 2019

Twenties

Hattie, a queer African American woman, hangs out with her two straight best friends, as they all try to make their dreams come true.

Network:
Airdates: 2020 - 2021

Two Mothers for Zachary

The true story of a mother who believes that her lesbian daughter should not be allowed to bring up her son.

Network:
Airdates: 1996

Undercover

Two detectives go undercover, posing as a couple to get close to a crime boss and his wife, but things get complicated when the crime boss’s wife falls for her new best friend.

Network:
Airdates: 2019 - 2022

Unorthodox

A young Jewish woman flees an arranged marriage in Brooklyn for the chance to have more independence in Berlin, Germany.

Network:
Airdates: 2020

Upstart Crow

How friends, family, history, and a rival created Shakespeare.

Network:
Airdates: 2016 - 2020

Veneno

Veneno details the life and death of Spanish TV legend, Cristina “La Veneno” Ortiz Rodríguez.

Network:
Airdates: 2020

What Makes a Family

A drama about a custody battle between a lesbian mother and her deceased partner’s parents.

Network:
Airdates: 2001

Work in Progress

Abby, a 45-year-old self-identified fat, queer dyke whose misfortune and despair unexpectedly lead her to a vibrantly transformative relationship.

Network:
Airdates: 2019 - 2021