NPR's Juana Summers talks with Leisha Hailey and Kate Moennig, authors of So Gay For You and stars of The L Word, about their decades-long friendship and the show's lasting impact on culture.

Two Shanes walk into an audition and leave best friends for life. Kate Moennig and Leisha Hailey ’s bond fully took root several months later while shooting The L Word ’ s first season.

Hailey, 53, and Moennig, 47, both had some level of success prior to “The L Word,” but neither was where they wanted to be in their career before getting asked to audition for a show then ...

Leisha Hailey and Kate Moennig's long-awaited joint memoir dropped this week, giving fans an even deeper look into a friendship that's spanned decades — and multiple iterations of The L Word.

What did the first run of "The L Word" get wrong? It's a question that was posed to veteran stars Jennifer Beals, Leisha Hailey and Kate Moennig on Zoom one recent afternoon. "Haircuts!" Hailey, 50, ...

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Leisha Hailey and Kate Moennig, authors of So Gay For You and stars of The L Word, about their decades-long friendship and the show's lasting impact on culture.

“I would call Kate in the worst of times and the best of times.” Moennig said she and Hailey share a “common spoken language.” “I just get to be,” she said of their two-decade friendship.