3. Kubra Sait as Kukkoo- Sacred Games
Aah… how can we not add Kubbra Sait’s character Kukkoo, a transgender bar dancer, from the popular Netflix series ‘Sacred Games’? She is fierce, bold, confident, and alluring.
Starting off as a gangster’s moll, Kukoo is a transgender who falls in love with the criminal Ganesh Gaitonde (played by Nawazuddin Siddiqui) in Netflix India’s first original series Scared Games.
4. Arjun Mathur as Karan Mehra- Made In Heaven
The talented handsome hunk Arjun Mathur played a gay wedding planner in this Amazon Original series. His character tries to sneak his hook-ups home without being caught by his watchful landlord.
5. Kalki Koechlin as Laila- Margarita With A Straw
Kalki Koechlin has garnered immense praise for her portrayal of Laila Kapoor, a lesbian teenager in this Shonali Bose directorial. It’s about a girl with cerebral palsy, who explores her sexuality and comes to terms with it. She falls in love easily and there is an awkwardness about her since she doesn’t know what sex is and how to interact with the one, she admires.
‘Margarita With A Straw’ tells the story of a rebellious young woman with cerebral palsy who leaves India to study in New York. On her journey of self-discovery, she unexpectedly falls in love.