With many considering 2020 a year of poor LGBTQ representation across Netflix's platform, the brand is adapting the queer comic book Heartstopper into a TV series. And in a bid to bring diverse narratives front and center, it's being produced under the platform’s family banner.

Whether due to bereavement, divorce, or retirement, Seniors can be a lonely bunch. To highlight this reality and smash stereotypes, dating show The Bachelor has put out a casting call for Seniors, as it looks to launch a series for elderly people looking for love.

For the eighth series of MTV’s reality show Are You The One?, the drama-filled fun came with an important social message. By featuring an entirely sexually fluid cast, the network offered a nuanced portrayal of LGBTQ dating in 2019 and boosted media representation for this oft-sidelined group.

Amours Solitaires is an Instagram account and book series based on text messages between lovers. Exploring dating as a French Gen Yer in the wake of #MeToo, it has been adapted into a web series that layers the digital and physical worlds, offering aspirational and real-life snapshots of love.