Pop Culture Fix: Of Course Loki’s Bisexuality Was Confirmed Because of Bisexual Director Kate Herron!

It’s Monday and what better way to kick off your week than a Pop Culture Fix!


+ Bisexual director Kate Herron, who directed all six episodes of Disney+’s Loki series is, of course, the reason we finally got confirmation the God of Mischief is bisexual too!

+ At least 157 out LGBTQ athletes are headed to the Tokyo Summer Olympics, by far a record.

+ Death2Divinity is a DND 5E homebrew campaign, featuring an all fat + queer cast! It kicked off on Friday; check it out!

+ Kim Jiae from the K-Pop band Wa$$up has come out as bisexual.

+ It’s not just Gossip Girl — TV has a major colorism problem.

+ Raven-Symoné and Wife Miranda Pearman-Maday hit the Daytime Emmy Children’s Awards red carpet.

+ Pose’s Dominique Jackson discusses mentoring queer youth of color.

+ Madeleine Mantock is leaving Charmed behind.

+ Oh just Danielle Savre (Maya from Station 19) and Stefania Spampinato (Carina from Station 19) casually hanging out in a hot tub in their free time.

+ Never Have I Ever’s Lee Rodriguez celebrates Fab’s awkward, explosive queer journey.

+ Fear Street stars discuss impact of horror trilogy’s lesbian couple and a potential fourth film.

+ Basic Instinct director Paul Verhoeven blasts critics who call his new lesbian nun film “blasphemy.”

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Heather Hogan

Heather Hogan is an Autostraddle senior editor who lives in New York City with her wife, Stacy, and their cackle of rescued pets. She's a member of the Television Critics Association, GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics, and a Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer critic. You can also find her on Twitter and Instagram.

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