Openly gay comedienne Lea DeLaria
credits Netflix's Orange is the New Black for helping increase
support for LGBT rights.
At a TCA panel on the show last week,
DeLaria, who plays Carrie “Big Boo” Black on the show, said that
Orange is the New Black was an “important part of what has
happened in our community.”
“What we've done is a large part of
the LGBT community getting rights, fighting for rights and achieving
our rights,” she's quoted as saying by Deadline.
“It's been about winning the hearts and the minds of people, and
Orange is the New Black has been an important part of what has
happened in our community.”
“We're showing the world that it's
okay to have different women and people represented,” Selenis Leyva
said. “Netflix has been bold. We started a trend, and that trend
is to be diverse – to be a butch, to be a Latina – we started
something.”
Orange is the New Black is
currently filming its fourth season.