Results for: straight people watch
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Netflix’s “Heartstopper” Includes a Trans Girl in Its Sweet Coming-of-Age Tale
It’s nice that trans people are included in this saccharine world at a time when many are trying keep us excluded.
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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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Gentleman Jack’s Finale Was One of the Finest Hours in Lesbian Cinematic History
“Are You Still Talking” was everything I fell in love with and very obviously over-identify with about Anne Lister, framed and filmed inside the kind of aching, sweeping, racing, desperate, tender, pleading, triumphant storyline only the most epic romantic movies about straight people ever are.
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“Derry Girls” Is Back and if You’re Not Watching, You’re Robbing Yourself of Joy
I’m pleased to report that series two, which landed this week on Channel 4, is just as irreverent, just as uproarious, just as unpredictable as series one.
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“Gentleman Jack”: 9 Facts About Lesbian Legend Anne Lister to Know Before HBO’s Miniseries
Get to know the original Shane McCutcheon!
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“Sex Education” Taught Me How to Masturbate
“I wanted to be single so I could explore my sexuality. Instead I was exploring other people’s.”
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Jodie Whittaker’s “Doctor Who” Is an Impossible Thing, a Miracle
You can know your beloved Doctor is going to be a woman, and then you can witness her being a woman. It’s two different things.
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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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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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Asylum Seekers and “Dishonest” Sexualities: Bisexuality at the Border
The UK Home Office has a questionable track record when it comes to LGB asylum seekers, and for bisexual asylum seekers, narratives of “proving” sexuality or being “gay enough” can be deadly.
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Queer Girl City Guide: London, Baby!
London can be brutal when the rent is due, but also incredibly exciting, creative, glittery and beautiful any day of the week.
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Queer Girl City Guide: Birmingham, United Kingdom
It’s the second largest and second most populous city in the United Kingdom (the first being London) with over three and a half million people. So obviously it can’t be too bad here!
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2012 London Olympics Round-Up: End of the Gold Brick Road
The USWNT win gold. So do some other people. This might be your last chance to spew Olympics feelings for a while so get it all out.
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Lip Service Episode 204 Recap: Royal Lady Mounds
Are there really only 2 episodes left in the series 2? But it’s just starting to get good again!
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Lip Service Episode 202 Recap: Very Dramatic
Things get really intense in Episode Two of Lip Service Season Two. Didn’t this show used to be fizzy and fun?
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Lip Service Episode 205 Recap: Perfect on Paper
The penultimate episode of series 2 is, as Lexy might say, fantastic and lovely. Bonus: Star Trek jokes!
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Queer Girl City Guide: Brighton, UK
“It’s the Peter Pan of cities.”
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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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Franky Likes People: Skins UK Episode 507 is a Pansexual Ending to a Very Queer Week of TV
Skins UK’s Franky isn’t a lesbian and she isn’t bisexual and she isn’t straight. Franky just likes people. No really, Franky just likes people.