This is a great post. I've never watched much television, so I never saw The O.C., but I definitely know that struggle of looking for any scrap of validation for yourself in media, and being failed by a world that doesn't know how to treat LGBTQ+ people like...well, like people. Those characters often fail us, but we can still sometimes look back at them and recognize the hope they gave us at a time when we needed them. <3 Thanks for sharing, and I'll look forward to your next post!