Gay pirate flag

If you’ve spent any time in queer online spaces in the last year, you’ve probably heard rumblings about “the gay pirate show,” as many early fans affectionately dubbed Our Flag Means Death.

Our Flag Means Death proved throughout its first season not only to be a hilarious and inventive comedy set during the Golden Age of Piracy but a surprisingly bold and important landmark of success for representations of same-sex relationships in popular media.