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both of these are about the same ask so I figure I’d answer them both at the same time

listen I don’t mean to take a hard line on this one, but lily did not out sammy. she calls into the station in episode 66 but she never implies that sammy and jack are anything more than friends. the only reason that she calls at all is because sammy had called her a quitter a few episodes previous and it had gotten under her skin

I also want to point out that there is absolutely no way gr*g figured this out himself–there was definitely some himinist bullshit theory going on that sammy was gay, and this was just the final piece in the puzzle.

I can’t speak to Luminary’s intentions because I’m not a member of the company itself, but I will say that their initial slate of shows casts a wide net - female creators, creators of color, queer creators, nonbinary creators, etc. etc. So from a purely programming standpoint, they seem committed to putting forth a diverse range of shows! 

From the standpoint of our working relationship, I truly cannot overstate how little Luminary is involved with the content itself. When I first started talking to them, they were very clear that they’re a platform that wants to provide a viable way of sustaining a creative business for artists (and, I would imagine, they also hope to make a decent amount of money) but that they trust creators to know their audience and their content. 

Our team has only become more inclusive since partnering with Luminary - we have more women writers (by which I mean, more writers, all of whom are women), more people of color both in the cast and behind the scenes, and a whole smorgasbord of personal perspectives that our team is bringing to the show.