We workshopped it on the sidewalk first.

Four of them identify as LGBTQ.

And the personal experience each brings to the room has led to some very specific and sometimes heated conversations.

Vida Season 2, Episode 1 Lyn (Melissa Barrera), Emma (Mishel Prada) CR: Kat Marcinowski/Starz

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while other women were like, Youre not gonna buy sex toys every single time.

Theyre expensive, says writer Gladys Rodriguez.

It was such a weird conversation that you would never probably have in any other room.

Vida BTS Season 1, Episode 1 Lyn (Melissa Barrera), Emma (Mishel Prada) and Tanya Saracho on set CR: Starz

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I get called tourist all the time.

I was like, Its time we had the talk on television about how our own people police us.

Sarachos passion paid off.

When the scene played at the Tribeca Film Festival in early May, people were cheering, recalls Prada.

I feel so lucky to have that.