Anyone But Me is an American web series created by Tina Cesa Ward. The series first aired on Strike.TV in 2008, and has since been offered on its own website and on other online streaming platforms such as YouTube, Binge Networks, and Hulu. The series focuses on LGBT themes and is presented in serial short-format webisodes, each lasting between six and fifteen minutes, following the lives of a group of teenagers in New York City and Westchester County, New York. Background The series was developed by Tina Cesa Ward and playwright Susan Miller from Ward's original work. Plot overview The series centers around the experiences of Vivian McMillan (Rachael Hip-Flores), a sixteen-year-old lesbian whose father's illness prompts the two of them to move from Manhattan to the home of Vivian's maternal aunt in Westchester, about 30 minutes away. Vivian attempts to maintain her relationship with her girlfriend Aster Gaston (Nicole Pacent) while enrolling in a new school, negotiating old childhood connections, and establishing a new social circle in what she perceives to be a substantially different environment from her previous home in the city. Cast and characters Rachael Hip-Flores as Vivian McMillan Nicole Pacent as Aster Gaston Johnny Yoder as Breck (Manhattan School Friend) Barbara Pitts as Jodie Nevan Dan Via as Gabe McMillan Jessy Hodges as Sophie Parker Joshua Holland as Archibald Bishop Alexis Slade as Elisabeth Matthews Mitchell S. Adams as Jonathan Kerwin Garett Ross as Sterns Amy Jackson Lewis as Jamie Liza Weil as Dr. Glass Russell Jordan as Principal Dennis Helene Taylor as Mrs. Winters (Homeroom) Marissa Skell as Carey (Architect Student) Themes The closet As the series begins, Vivian has been living as an openly gay high-school student whose romance with Aster appears well known to those around her. When she arrives at her new suburban home and school, she declines to reveal her sexuality or relationship to her aunt, to a local schoolmate she has known since childhood, or to most of her peers. In public, she also frequently minimizes Aster's role in her life to avoid exposure of the sexual nature of their relationship. This sets up a number of conflicts as well as a dialogue in episode 8 of season 1 on whether or not gay pride is an essential element of an intimate gay relationship. Changing social attitudes in suburban America Vivian's anxiety about publicizing her sexuality in Westchester is driven