The Owl House’s Luz and Amity Capture the Singular Queer Experience of a Surprise First Crush
Luz and Amity don’t just represent a possibility, or offer recognition. In them, I see a reflection of exactly who I used to be.
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Autostraddle is the expert on queer TV shows with characters who are lesbians, bisexual women, and/or trans. We have all the latest news, trailers and exclusive scoops on the best queer TV shows to watch, stream and savor: a library of queer TV reviews and lesbian TV lists, our streaming guides for the best Queer TV on Netflix, Hulu, Amazon and HBO Max; and tv recaps of shows like The L Word: Generation Q, RuPaul’s Drag Race, Wynonna Earp and Batwoman.
Luz and Amity don’t just represent a possibility, or offer recognition. In them, I see a reflection of exactly who I used to be.
Dickinson puts queerness back in the narrative.
Angelique and Ryan get closer, Sophie gets a new nickname, and Ryan’s Kryptonite wound is OUT OF CONTROL.
We’ve got Josie Totah in a movie about ‘zines vs. misogyny, Anna Camp as a terminally ill lesbian, HBO’s buzzy “high schoolers explore their sexuality” series “Genera+ion”, a dystopian dating app drama, the bad lesbian dinosaur movie and so much more!
Riese: I guess if you marry Jodie Foster, you don’t have to do anything anymore.
Rhea: You don’t have to.
Carly: Nooooooo
Riese: I mean, you win!
Rhea: Yeah!
Riese: You win!
Rhea: I mean, you really do! That is it. That’s bingo, right there. “See you guys!”
Carly: You did it!
Rhea: “Later!!”
Carly: You did it.
Rhea: “I’m going to do my thing now. It’s only whatever I want, from here on out!”
Plus, an All-American episode that gives Bre-Z some of the best work of her career, biphobia rears its ugly head once again on grown-ish, and a hilarious and spooky episode of Nancy Drew!
Sophie and Ryan go toe-to-toe in “Do Not Resuscitate.”
What finally swung it for me was at the end of a recent episode when, out of nowhere, Dolly Parton appeared.
This week’s Good Trouble shines a worthwhile light on the problem with cash bail.
Ah yes, it’s once again time for the “epic highs and lows of high school football.”
The more I get into D&D, the more it bleeds into my passion for television. I find myself thinking about TV character’s histories as “backstory” and accidentally calling side characters “NPCs.”
Ryan reconnects with her ex-girlfriend who we do not trust but want to trust but it’s hard! Also, All Crows Are Bastards, there’s a new non-binary character in town, and Alice is missing memories!
I know Snatch Game is the episode most Drag Race fans look forward to, but I’m a gay musical theatre nerd and nothing brings me more joy than the Rusical.
Plus updates on Nancy Drew and Legacies!
These characters sure do love to self-sabotage!
Good Trouble has never been a show about escapism, and its season three opener, set in a Covid-free world, feels like a missed opportunity.
“She was dykin’ in Brooklyn for years, even when she was with Stan’s cheating ass.”
Which ostensibly straight actresses go “gay for pay” the most? From Natasha Lyonne to Vanessa Morgan, here are some of the most prolific actors in the LGBT cannon.
Ryan’s ex is back in town, and Alice and Sophie are getting AWFULLY CLOSE.
Carly: I feel like if I confusedly kissed Jennifer Beals, I would also have to move away.
Christina: I would have to join WITSEC. I would be like, “Listen, get me on a USA cable drama because I got to go. I’m losing it.”
Carly: “I got to go. Give me a wacky sidekick, we can go fight crime together, or whatever. Maybe we’re lawyers. We’re going to wear suits and my name is not Carly anymore.”
Christina: “I can’t be Christina anymore because my mouth has been on Jennifer Beals’ mouth.”
It’s as entertaining as any heist movie, as addictive as the best true crime, and authentic in a way few pieces of mainstream trans media have been before.