Orphan Black
- Show runtime: 4 seasons, 2013-current
- Shown on: BBC America
- Notable Creators: John Fawcett and Graeme Manson
- Queer characters: Delphine Cormier (Evelyne Brochu), Sarah Manning (Tatiana Maslany), Felix Dawkins (Jordan Gavaris), Shay Davydov, Cosima Niehaus (Tatiana Maslany), Tony Sawicki (Tatiana Maslany)
- Sexualities: Showrunners John Fawcett (who also worked on Queer as Folk and Xena) and Graeme Manson appear to be straight, as do the actors of the queer characters. Tatiana Maslany, a cis woman, plays a trans male clone: http://www.hypable.com/orphan-black-trans-representation/
- Show Description: (from IMDB) A streetwise hustler is pulled into a compelling conspiracy after witnessing the suicide of a girl who looks just like her
- Queer Summary: Delphine and Cosima meet in the first season after Cosima comforts Delphine after an upsetting phone call. They flirt, later go on a date, almost kiss, and Delphine later confesses to Cosima that she believes she might be bisexual.
- Creator comments: https://www.buzzfeed.com/arianelange/orphan-black-is-gay?utm_term=.opnWWjM3E#.wiYRRda6K
- Analysis: explicitly adding and including queerness. Issues with bisexuality, issues with cis actors playing trans characters discussion: https://www.autostraddle.com/orphan-blacks-delphine-and-the-dangers-of-the-bisexual-femme-fatale-236775/, https://www.autostraddle.com/feminism-queerness-and-dead-lesbians-its-an-orphan-black-season-3-roundtable-296271/
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