Needless to say that by now, almost everybody in the LGBT community has seen or heard of Orange Is the New Black. The reaction to Orange Is the New Black — based on the memoir by Piper Kerman — has been intense, from among both viewers and critics. But its place of origin is not the thing that is most surprising about the show. Orange, after all, is a show that features a primarily female cast — made up of mostly unknown actors, with a few exceptions — and an unlikely protagonist in Taylor Schilling’s Piper Chapman. She is often selfish and unlikable, but she provides an entry to a world that (I hope) few of its viewers will ever see: inside a New York women’s prison. The series is compelling, bringing LGBT issues to the forefront of society awareness. Said by many like on Why You Need To Stop What You’re Doing And Watch “Orange Is The New Black” by Jace Lacob (http://www.buzzfeed.com/jacelacob/why-you-need-to-stop-what-youre-doing-and-watch-orange-is-th)

The series also offers a take on LGBT love like stated by Alyssa Rosenberg for the Washington Post ‘Orange Is The New Black’ and the meaning of love  (http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/act-four/wp/2014/06/26/orange-is-the-new-black-and-the-meaning-of-love/), or simply put by Kiley Thompson you could find; “…7 reasons to drop everything and watch this Netflix show right now, who said Whispers in the workplace hallways about “chocolate and vanilla… swirl.” You keep seeing pictures of women in orange or taupe scrubs. People at Starbucks keep referencing someone named “Piper” and her sorta-kinda-love-hate girlfriend “Alex” and bemoaning the fact that one of them won’t be around much in Season 2. One actress reminds you of a dark-haired version of that girl that was on “That 70s Show.” And you don’t have Netflix, so you don’t care. But you should. (http://www.zap2it.com/blogs/orange_is_the_new_black_7_reasons_to_drop_everything_and_watch_this_netflix_show_right_now-2013-10)

What do you need to know about this show, and why should you watch it? To be honest, a released-all-at-once season of a television show keeps writers like this one from figuring out the best way to recap and review a show. And that is a blessing and a curse, because we’re all used to weekly installments slow-cooking our show love. Instead, we get it all at once, an amazing all-you-can-eat buffet that leaves us choking on great stories and trying to figure out how to explain it all to a hungry bystander. and then, last but no least offering a refreshing and courageous view of transgender issues (nearly a year after the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage, another social movement is poised to challenge deeply held cultural beliefs) as seen in San Francisco and reported by the Time Magazine in its June issue (http://time.com/135480/transgender-tipping-point/)” …In the beaux-arts lobby of the Nourse Theater in San Francisco, men in deep V-necks and necklaces walk by women with crew cuts and plaid shirts buttoned to the top. Boys carrying pink backpacks kiss on the lips, while long-haired ladies whose sequined tank tops expose broad shoulders snap selfies. About 1,100 people, many gleefully defying gender stereotypes, eventually pack the auditorium to hear the story of an unlikely icon. “I stand before you this evening,” Laverne Cox, who stars in the Netflix drama Orange Is the New Black, tells the crowd, “a proud, African-American transgender woman.” The cheers are loud and long. Almost one year after the Supreme Court ruled that Americans were free to marry the person they want … Brava!