How “Somebody Somewhere” Centers Queer Voices in Rural America
The HBO series insists that LGBTQ+ characters can find community in small-town Kansas
Sarah Baird is a Kentucky-based journalist and author whose work appears regularly in The New York Times, GQ, Saveur, The Believer and beyond. A 2019 Knight Visiting Nieman Fellow at Harvard University, she writes frequently about cultural issues impacting rural America. Follow her @scbaird.
The HBO series insists that LGBTQ+ characters can find community in small-town Kansas