Results for: representation
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Whatever You Thought “We Are Lady Parts” Was Going to Be, This Ain’t It
“Gone is Ayesha’s confidence. Gone is her swagger. All that’s left is a girl with a crush.”
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Slow Takes: “In My Skin” and the Value of Second Chances
The second and final series of In My Skin is one of the best seasons of television I’ve ever seen.
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I Loved “Sex Education” Season Two — I Wish It Loved Me Back
What’s incredible about Sex Education, and especially this second season, is its ambition is to include everybody.
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Boobs on Your Tube: In Grand British Tradition, “Ackley Bridge” Mows Down its Lesbian With a Car
Plus an update on Nomi’s bad decision making on grown-ish, Burden of Truth is getting super interesting, and My Little Pony goes out with a gay bang.
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“Clink” Hopes to Step Into the Women’s Prison Drama Gap Left by “Wentworth” and “OITNB”
If life’s taught me anything, it’s that even the straightest-seeming woman can shuffle into a fictional prison meek as a lamb, and five seasons later is striding the corridors as Top Dog with a hot blonde on her arm.
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“Derry Girls” Celebrates Clare’s Lesbianism in One of the Best Prom Episodes Ever
Humor infused with hope is a real gift in 2019.
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The UK’s Reality Dating Shows, Ranked by Queerness
Yes, we’ll be talking about “Love Island”.
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Doctor Who’s First Queer Companion Echoes My Own Gay Journey Through Space and Time
Ten years ago, Doctor Who was the first show to let me see myself, and to feel seen; when I felt entirely alone, it showed me a universe waiting for me.
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London’s Pride Posters, Ranked by “What the Fresh Hell Were They Thinking?”
“Imagine if homosexuality was contagious, though. What a beautiful world that would be.”
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“Doctor Who” Is Finally Getting a Gay Companion, Wibbly Wobbly Timey Wimey Shenanigans to Get 100% Wibblier
“Bill Potts’s sexuality will be revealed pretty much straightaway in her second line of dialogue when the show returns to BBC One on 15 April.”
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Hey Brits, it’s LGBT History Month! Here Are the Best Events to Check Out
Your guide to LGBT History Month events that don’t suck.
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I Rewatched “Lip Service” and Now I Feel a Whole Lot Better About the Current State of Lesbian TV
Is this show really only six years old? It feels like a lifetime ago.
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I’m Not Happy About My Appearance In Ch4’s “Girls To Men” Trans Docuseries
Most trans stories on TV are forced into narrow, misguided and often inaccurate narratives. Here’s something you need to know about Channel 4’s “Girls to Men,” which airs tonight.
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Post-Lip Service Ennui: BBC Looks To Improve LGB Representation
“The BBC may have axed Lip Service, and have run out of Sarah Waters books to dramatize, but they do seem to be making a commitment to representing LGB people and admitting that they could do better.”
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I Tried Not to Have Feelings at Sundance London; These Three Movies Made Me Fail
The film festival was not as gay as hoped, and it turns out I’m still not cynical enough to not cry when ladyqueers say “I do.”
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Paris Lees Debuts On BBC’s “Question Time” In A Skeleton Top, Is Awesome
Ever wanted to see someone who’s been in the state penitentiary system call bullshit on the politicians messing with said system? Yeah. That happened.
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Queer Your Maps: Google Map Maker Launches In the UK, Maps Bletchley Park
I like the idea of user-generated cartography because it’s giving us, the people on the ground, a greater hand in the accurate representation of our environment.
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Eat, Drink, Love: A Manchester Pride Travelogue
In which I share the true story of my week-long jaunt to Manchester, UK for Pride, wherein I drink my face off, amongst other adventures.
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UK’s Lesbian Reality Show “Candy Bar Girls” Premieres in July, Is Already in Trouble
“Each of the on-air promos for the new reality show feature teasing close-up images that appear to be of two women engaged in sexual activity, intercut with lines such as ‘Red… hot… lesbians’ and ‘Pussy… loving… ladies’. “
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Britain To Change Gay Male Blood Donation Policy To Slightly Different Version Of The Same Policy
“It’s supremely bloody homophobic, extremely discriminatory and potentially dangerous for thousands of patients in need of transfusions. The inequality has just got worse, not better.”