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In a screenshot from Harlem Season Two, Quinn is dressed in a head to do rainbow (including a sparkly wig) for Pride, she's smiling and showing off for her friends, who are looking at her with faces of surprise, but also like her outfit is ugly and they don't have the heart to tell her.
TV Reviews

Harlem Season Two Focuses on Black Women’s Joy, Creating a Little Joy of Its Own

Harlem shines the best when it focuses on the relationship between the four main characters. Whenever Camille, Tye, Quinn, and Angie are on screen together, you can’t help but smile.

Sa'iyda Shabazz February 1, 2023 4 Comments
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“Poker Face” Is a Delightfully Absurdist Murder Show With the Best Guest Stars

Natasha Lyonne stars as Charlie, a woman on the run who has an innate ability to know when someone’s lying, which comes in handy when she’s called upon to solve a string of cross-country murders.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya January 27, 2023 6 Comments
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Every episode is a cringy, eye-rolling slog that doesn’t seem to have any idea who its audience is, yet seems to despise them all the same.

Heather Hogan January 26, 2023 19 Comments
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One of the things I love about season one of Sort Of is how it shows a variety of relationships and the significance they all have on Sabi’s life without feeling the need to romanticize every one.

himani January 25, 2023 20 Comments
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Sundance 2023: “Bad Behaviour” Suggests Straight People Have Mommy Issues Too

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The Last of Us’ Lesbian Lead Is a Light in the Darkness

This review is presented to you by two gay nerd friends who love gay nerd games and the gay nerd content that spawns from it.

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“Willow” Gives Us the Lesbian Disney Princess We’ve Been Waiting For

Kit and Jade kissed and smashed swords. They said, “I love you.” They lived!

Heather Hogan January 12, 2023 22 Comments
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“Ginny & Georgia” Season 2 Is a Rainbow Tornado of Teen Drama

The new season of Netflix’s Ginny & Georgia is full of heartache, friendship, crime, singing, and of course that good, good gay drama.

Valerie Anne January 9, 2023 2 Comments
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Prime Video’s “The Rig” Has “Doctor Who” Vibes and a Scottish Butch Lesbian

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Heather Hogan January 8, 2023 12 Comments
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“Elite” Season 6 Is a Mess — and Not the Fun Kind

Season six brutally buries a gay, becomes reductive in its trans storytelling, and generally misses the mark.

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HBO’s “His Dark Materials” Makes The Garden of Eden Gloriously Gay

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“Gossip Girl” Crowned a Black Lesbian Debutante the New Blair Waldorf

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Disney+’s “Willow” Has Multiple Queer Characters to Root For

In this story, our princess would much rather end up in the arms of her best friend.

Nic December 9, 2022 33 Comments
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“Dead to Me” Season 3 Is a Bittersweet Goodbye

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Valerie Anne November 22, 2022 9 Comments
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TV Reviews

The Karamo Show Is Mess With a Sprinkling of Healing

People love other people’s mess; it gives us the opportunity to not dwell on the dysfunction in our own lives. 

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There’s a Bisexual Romance at the Center of “Warrior Nun” Season 2

Ava and Beatrice’s relationship is the beating heart of the whole season.

Heather Hogan November 18, 2022 31 Comments
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TV Reviews

Survivor’s Karla Cruz Godoy Is Winning Our Gay Hearts (and Maybe the Whole Show)

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