Telemundo, the NBC Universal corporation that produces some of the finest, strangest, and most hectic telenovelas you’ve ever seen mamasita, recently began airing a novela on their new youth-oriented station, Mun2, that features a same-sex relationship.
By same-sex relationship, I mean lesbian relationship. And by a novela, I mean programming intended to depict sexual content as much as possible.
Or at least that’s how this fanvid makes it look:
(Also, this video features James Franco music so grab some tissues or something.)
“Las Aparicio,” the show in question, is about a family of women in Mexico City. Julia, a character who runs a catering business, has a lesbian best friend named Mariana. And the drama begins when Mariana’s girlfriend calls her out for having feelings for Julia. This is proof that even if this show is in Spanish, it captures experiences like falling in love with your best friend that all lesbians can understand, language barrier or not. And they know it, too: the show is subtitled and intended to appeal to audiences of Spanish- and English-speaking backgrounds.
The romance blossoming in the catering shop is all over the lesbian internet, especially now that it’s been covered by Autostraddle dot com. And a quick visit to AfterEllen shows that the show is everything you’d expect from a telenovela: lots of confused sexual orientations, awkward confrontations, sex with people of all genders, and encounters that are filled with fast language and strong feelings. Are you roped in yet?
Mun2 will feature more queer characters and programming as it grows. A new series, RPM, includes a bisexual, too! It premieres May 1.
