To forestall any questions or confusion: I was in no way the inspiration for the character Dana in Logo’s upcoming new series The Happiest Gay Couple in the World, despite the storyline involving Dana and her partner trying to become parents. Curly hair like mine just can’t do a mullet like that.
(For that matter, I had nothing to do with The L Word’s dearly departed Dana Fairbanks. Love to watch tennis; not much of a player. Wouldn’t have minded a few of those scenes with Leisha Hailey, though. (Sorry, hon. Don’t tell me you wouldn’t say the same.))
Happiest Gay Couple looks like what would happen if the creators of South Park and Queer as Folk underwent a mind meld at a Lego factory. Not for the easily offended. Since there’s an LGBT-parenting storyline, however, I’ll bring you recaps and thoughts from a lesbian-mom perspective as I did for Season Four of The L Word. (I won’t post about Episode One, premiering July 10, until I return from the cruise, though.) I’ll start (warning—spoiler alert!) by commending the show’s creators for having the butch Dana become pregnant, rather than her more femme partner Kirsten. Way to break stereotypes (despite perpetuating the whole mullet thing).