History Main / WatchedItForTheRepresentation

** ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery'' got a lot of attention for featuring the franchise's first homosexual characters Paul Stamets and Hugh Culber, played by real-life gay actors Creator/AnthonyRapp and Creator/WilsonCruz, although unfortunately this got them in some hot water when Culber was temporarily killed, and the huge backlash forced them to spoil that he'd be coming back and the story wasn't just BuryYourGays. Jett Reno, a lesbian mechanic, was introduced in a supporting role as well. In Season 3, this increased with the introduction of non-binary Adira Tal, played by actual NB actor Blu del Barrio, complete with a storyline of becoming comfortable enough to come out to the rest of the crew. Further, their deceased [[spoiler:(initially)]] partner Gray Tal was a trans man. All were also played by actors [[QueerCharacterQueerActor of the same gender or orientation]].
** At the same time ''Series/StarTrekPicard'' brought back Seven of Nine with WordOfGay from Jeri Ryan that she was bisexual, and she ends the first season holding hands with female character Rafi, in what some saw as a TakeThat to Rick Berman, who was singlehandedly responsible for killing just about every attempt to introduce LGBT characters into the franchise in the '80s and '90s, saying it wouldn't feel natural to show gay couples holding hands.

* ''Anime/KatriGirlOfTheMeadows'': Many people took an interest in it because it's set in Finland. Quite a few of it's newer fans are Finnish viewers who took an interest about their country being portrayed in an anime, even though it never received a Finnish dub.