"Fellow Travelers" Series Features Explicit LGBTQ+ Representation, With Focus on Power Dynamics in Sex Scenes

"Fellow Travelers" to span history from the Lavender Scare to the AIDS crisis, using explicit sex scenes as part of a larger narrative about power dynamics and the challenges of LGBTQ+ life in the 1950s to 80s.

The 'Fellow Travelers' series, spanning from the Lavender Scare to the AIDS crisis, puts an emphasis on explicit sex scenes as storytelling devices representing power dynamics.
To ensure LGBTQ+ representation, creators of the series made it a point to cast LGBTQ+ actors, namely Matt Bomer and Jonathan Bailey. Although representation was important, it was not prioritized over performance, ensuring both actors were also a perfect fit for their roles.
Sex scenes in the show are depicted as essential parts of the narrative, serving as a realistic exploration of intimate relationships, power dynamics and the liberating experience of openness about sexuality.
Creator Ron Nyswaner expresses the viewpoint that there should be as much sex on television as possible, contending that it forms an integral part of storytelling.
Besides focusing on the clandestine romance of its lead characters, 'Fellow Travelers' brings to life a vivid portrait of several decades of queer history in the United States.