But, after a decade of waiting for their first official mission from The AIA, Mary becomes hell-bent on proving himself to the Agency that turned its back on him and decides to go rogue with Q-Force. Joining forces with the expert mechanic Deb, master of drag and disguise Twink, and hacker Stat, together they’re Q-Force. Instead, he assembled a misfit squad of LGBTQ+ geniuses. Unable to fire him, the Agency sent him off to West Hollywood to disappear into obscurity. “Steve Maryweather, AKA Agent Mary, was once the Golden Boy of the American Intelligence Agency (AIA), until he came out as gay. Here’s the official synopsis, per Netflix: The first teaser for the animated comedy inspired major side-eye from queer social media users, and now Netflix is throwing a full official trailer to the wolves. Created by Gabe Liedman, writer on “Pen15” and Jenny Slate’s former comedy partner, “ Q-Force” follows a group of misfit intelligence agents who take matters into their own hands when the higher ups try to bury their gays. Now we can rest easy knowing queer people have their very own animated Netflix series. The fight for LGBTQ+ rights has led to same sex marriage, anti-discrimination laws, the repeal of the trans military ban, and finally - gay superheroes.
