Representation is a concept that has gained increasing currency in recent years. More and more, consumers and critics of popular media are recognising that the positive, nuanced visibility of historically marginalised groups in the stories we tell ourselves enhances compassion for, and the dignity of, those groups. Typically, the conversation has revolved around race. In Australia, we have seen discussion around the under- or misrepresentation of, say, Lebanese- and Chinese-Australians in mainstream programming,1 while shows like The Circuit and Redfern Now have helped bring the lives of remote and urban Indigenous communities, respectively, into the spotlight, after many years of neglect. Increasingly, the debate has included gender and sexually diverse communities, too. In the US, media advocacy group GLAAD celebrated the highest rates of LGBTQ representation on US television since…