We're thrilled to unveil the sixth annual Out Loud List, a celebration of vibrant, industry-vetted queer voices telling stories that challenge, provoke, and delight. This year's list is presented in proud partnership with Gersh, whose support helps us amplify the voices of bold storytellers reshaping the landscape of queer representation, and these ten honorees span an extraordinary range: from a barrio with supernatural mysteries and a trans man raising his brother in queer Brooklyn, to a green-card wedding undone by one ill-timed hookup. Whether it's angels racing to rescue Black souls, an all-gay cruise spiraling into chaos, or a closeted politician's pregnant boyfriend mistaken for the Second Coming, these scripts reflect the complexity and vitality of queer life across genre and form.
As always, the Out Loud List exists to spotlight bold writers whose work centers LGBTQ+ characters not just as sidekicks or tropes, but as whole, messy, hilarious, grieving, resilient humans at the heart of the narrative. Six years in, this year's list is as unflinching as it is heartfelt, and alongside Gersh, we're proud to honor these stories and the storytellers behind them.
These writers are not ranked, but instead sorted alphabetically by script name. Click on each to learn more about them!
An aspiring curandera and their ensemble of misfit homies must use a mix of Indigenous spirituality, modern science and old fashioned detective work to solve a series of supernatural mysteries in their small California barrio.
Rep: Jason Lubin (First Story Entertainment)
Earth is Hell for Black people. Literally. So a crew of angels and one unruly human are on a mission to rescue every Black person from Earth and bring them to heaven.
Reps: Brooke Shoemaker (Artists First)
Jacob Schiff, Taryn Ariel (CAA)
Two queer runaways crash into the brittle, privileged world of a gay New York academic (estranged father to one, reluctant step-step-uncle to the other) who’s never been a patriarch, and sure as hell doesn’t want to start now.
Rep: Justin Ross (Bohemia Group)
To erase a people, you must control the narrative. Decades after a deadly virus known as GRID was said to have eradicated homosexuality, a suburban family’s pristine life unravels the day their teenage son starts to uncover the truth.
Rep: Danny Simeone (Kaplan Stahler)
Testing their relationship, an unstable couple embarks on an all gay cruise, descending into a seductive world of sex, drugs, and social currency, where guests and crew spiral toward their fatal breaking points.
Rep for Christian: Adrian Gonzalez (Yak Yak Management)
Dane open to representation
Just as he’s starting testosterone, a 23-year-old trans man is forced to adopt his 13-year-old brother and raise him in the heart of queer Brooklyn. In a microculture where everyone’s an activist-creator and nobody’s just straight, the two brothers have to figure out how to shave, why they’re so sweaty, and what it means to be a man.
Rep: Amar Hansen (Anonymous Content)
Vincent keeps a spreadsheet of every man he's ever slept with since he got to America. When he fucks up his green card wedding for a hookup, he's forced to rebuild his entire life using the only network he's ever had: his Grindr contacts.
Rep: Jiah Shin (CAA)
Megan’s got the boyfriend, the sorority, and the presidency in sight—until she catches feelings for Zoe, the tattooed campus singer. Between rush week and a secret romance, she’s about to learn there’s no pledge process for coming out.
Rep: Jon Katzman (KDX Entertainment)
A snarky, gender-fluid private eye reluctantly teams up with their brand new roommate—a noir-obsessed LA transplant—after a seemingly innocuous case draws the pair into a decades-old Hollywood conspiracy.
Jordan open to representation
Reps for Phillip: Joel Begleiter (TFC), Jonas Brooks (CAA)
Reps for Kenny: Scott Perraud (UTA), George Heller (Brillstein)
Brooke open to representation
Out-and-proud Patrick and closeted Luke are happily in love...somewhat. Patrick is all in, but Luke worries their relationship might hurt his blossoming political career. Patrick doesn’t mind it, but there’s just one problem: he’s pregnant…with Luke’s child...and, as far as the world’s concerned, the Second Coming of Christ.
Rep: Davis Nann (Circle Management + Production)