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First Person TV Feature

Robin Wright as a Ruthless Monster-in-Law in ‘The Girlfriend’ Gave Me Flashbacks

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TV Feature

Ed Gein Never Even Crossdressed

Maybe the reason I got so upset about a Ryan Murphy show in 2025 — one I didn’t even watch! — is because recent weeks have been consumed with an effort to link trans people to violence.

Drew Burnett Gregory October 6, 2025 4 Comments
8th Annual Autostraddle TV Awards Winners
TV Feature

Presenting the Winners of the 8th Annual Autostraddle TV Awards!

Yellowjackets, Agatha All Along, and The Last of Us dominated in this year’s awards, while the Comedy categories had a bit more variety. Plus, see which fandom came out on top in the fan favorites categories!

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya and The TV Team
September 11, 2025 5 Comments
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AF+ TV Feature

The Ultimatum: Queer Love’s Bridget Matloff on What the Cameras Didn’t Show You

Bridget Matloff speaks on friendship with Gabby Windey, pressures of reality TV, thoughts on marriage, gender roles, and yes, haircare.

Gabrielle Grace Hogan September 8, 2025 6 Comments
TV Feature

Vote Now in the 8th Annual Autostraddle TV Awards!

Fewer gay shows are being produced and the ones that do slip through are often canceled. But that makes it all the more important to celebrate the work that does get made!

The TV Team August 25, 2025 4 Comments
Abbi Jacobson in Long Story Short
TV Feature

Abbi Jacobson on Voicing Another Queer Animated Character in ‘Long Story Short’

“I wish I got to see it when I was younger because I don’t feel like I was exposed to very many queer characters.”

Rendy Jones August 25, 2025 1 Comment
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16 Thoughts I Had While Watching My New Favorite Show ‘The Hunting Wives’

HEIGHT. DIFFERENCE.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya July 25, 2025 13 Comments
Chelley and Cierra kissing on Love Island USA
Comedy TV Feature

11 Gay Thoughts About ‘Love Island USA’ Season 7

8. You know when you run into your ex and their new boo sooner than you wanted? I’d like to start calling that a “bombshell entering the villa”

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A gay history of the Muppets Pepe the Prawn, Kermit the Frog, and Gonzo smile at the camera
Movie Features TV Feature

A Queer History of the Muppets

From Kermit’s drag persona Kermeena to nonbinary icon Gonzo, The Muppets have always been queer on-screen and among their fans.

Emma Cieslik July 7, 2025 2 Comments
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AF+ Podcasts TV Feature

To L and Back Podcast: Ultimatum Queer Love Edition, Episodes 208 – 210

We got the ‘To L and Back’ band back together to discuss the messy glory of ‘The Ultimatum: Queer Love’ — the pain, the glory, the tongue kissing in sushi restaurants and why Haley does NOT in fact owe Dayna an apology.

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AF+ TV Feature

Mal Wright Didn’t Want To Be Your Favorite ‘Ultimatum: Queer Love’ Cast Member

In anticipation of the Season Two premiere, Mal tells us everything about how The Ultimatum: Queer Love works and what was really going on behind the scenes, from Choice Day procedure to Reunion regrets.

Riese June 24, 2025 4 Comments
Movie Features TV Feature

Nava Mau Is Playing Her Own Game — And Changing the World Along the Way

Watch Emmy nominee Nava Mau’s new film and read about the community work that inspired her film and TV career.

Drew Burnett Gregory May 29, 2025 7 Comments
Simone and Kiki in Sirens on Netflix
AF+ TV Feature

Dykes Discuss the Strangely Homoerotic Netflix Thriller ‘Sirens’

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TV Feature

‘The Valley’ and Bravo’s Problem With Queer Women

Across the Bravosphere, lesbians are treated as both hypersexual and like their relationships are not real.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya May 28, 2025 4 Comments
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Sabrina Wu Felt Like Tom Cruise on the Set of ‘Murderbot’

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Rendy Jones May 22, 2025 4 Comments
The Righteous Gemstones queer storyline: Kelvin and Keefe get married
TV Feature

With Its Queer Storyline, ‘The Righteous Gemstones’ Encouraged Christians To Listen to Their God

Through Kelvin and Keefe, The Righteous Gemstones created an exhilarating funhouse mirror to the way Christianity operates in our society.

Stef Rubino May 13, 2025 4 Comments
Black Unicorn by Audre Lorde / Short Film Starring My Beloved's Red Bronco by K Iver / Feed by Tommy Pico
Book Lists TV Feature

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Gabrielle Grace Hogan April 15, 2025
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AF+ TV Feature

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Two dykes discuss Apple TV+’s The Studio, their shared love of Seth Rogen, Chase Sui Wonders on Genera+ion, KATHRYN HAHN, and why Apple is anti-cigarette.

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TV Feature

Liv Hewson On Collaborating With Lauren Ambrose, Cannibalism and Van’s Queerness: The Autostraddle Interview

“When I imagine Van pre-crash, I imagine somebody who’s getting called a dyke in the hallway and going, ‘Yep. Yes, I am. Yes, sir.'”

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya April 10, 2025 5 Comments
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