Maria Elena Laas and Ser Anzoategui Talk ‘Vida’ and LGBT+ Representation [Video]

In the era where the LGBT+ community is finally gaining the visibility, equality, and representation they deserve, the STARZ upcoming series Vida explores the authentic experience of this community with southern California’s Latinx society.

I recently had the chance to sit down with stars of the new series, Maria Elena Laas and Ser Anzoategui, to chat about the show and how the LGBT+ representation on Vida differs from other representation we may see on the small screen.

“What I haven’t seen in television characters that are LGBT+ are the levels of employment and class issues. I think that Vida shows the class struggles in a way that you don’t have to hit it over the head. You see it,” Anzoategui explained.

“It’s very subtle in every way. It’s a balance,” Anzoategui continued. “The show itself also really shows the vibrancy of the LGBT communities.”

“Something that I know about the show, also, with the LGBTQIA aspect is that it’s still very new [for the] Latinx culture to see these characters on television. And what it shows are the nuances and the different types, and what I really love about it is it’s also embracing different body types. We come from a culture that is very into a certain body, ” Laas noted.

“And it’s really lovely that [the show] is showing so much diversity even within that, and it’s just bringing more reality and realism into that world,” she elaborated.

You can watch the full interview with Maria Elena Laas and Ser Anzoategui here:

For more interviews where we talk with leading cast members, check out the rest of our coverage of Vida right here.

Vida premieres Sunday, May 6th at 8/7c on STARZ.

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