Katherine Moennig is also a main character in T.V. series Ray Donavan and in the last episode right before the premiere of The L Word, she says she is getting on a plane to move to L.A. In the premiere of The L Word, she makes her first appearance getting off an airplane in L.A. where this show takes place and it is discovered that she just moved back.
According to creator Marja-Lewis Ryan, Pam Grier was offered the chance to play Kit again, but she turned down arguing she was busy doing Bless This Mess.
Even though Sarah Shahi expressed some interest in reprising her role of Carmen for season 1, creator Marja-Lewis Ryan revealed in an interview that she doesn't see it happening because a point of contention for Latinx fans of the original show was that Shahi isn't Latina.
Arienne Mandi played a lesbian in the 2022 Hallmark romance movie Love, Classified.