Altered Carbon (2018)

Altered Carbon features LGBTQ+ characters, notably Trepp in Season 2, whose lesbian identity is normalized and depicted with dignity. The antagonist Reileen Kawahara is bisexual, with her sexuality being an incidental aspect of her complex character rather than a source of villainy or ridicule. The show's core concept of transferable 'sleeves' also implicitly allows for gender and physical identity fluidity, contributing to a net positive portrayal.

The show portrays "Neo-Catholicism" as a rigid institution whose doctrine against resleeving creates significant societal conflict and disproportionately impacts the poor. While individual adherents may be sympathetic, the narrative highlights the hypocrisy of the wealthy within the faith and the oppressive nature of its institutional stance in a transhumanist world.