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TV Lists

65 TV Shows With Lesbian, Bisexual and Queer Characters Cancelled After One Season

189 TV shows with lesbian, bisexual, queer and/or trans women characters only got one season to shine before getting cancelled — including another three just this week. Here are just some of the many LGBTQ+ shows that were gone too soon.

Riese September 21, 2024 57 Comments
Orphan Black: Echoes Krysten Ritter
TV News & Trailers

‘Orphan Black: Echoes’ Is the Latest Sapphic Series Canceled After Only One Season

Orphan Black: Echoes has been cancelled by AMC+, joining a too-long list of queer shows that only lasted one season.

Valerie Anne September 20, 2024 8 Comments
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Book Features The L Word

Some of Their Parts: Leisha Hailey and Kate Moennig Are Writing You a Book About Friendship and ‘The L Word’

Leisha Hailey and Kate Moennig will be challenging Jenny Schecter’s grip on the ‘L Word’ Memoir Market with their new book, ‘So Gay For You.’

Riese September 17, 2024 2 Comments
WayHaught kissing in Wynonna Earp: Vengeance
TV Show Recaps

‘Wynonna Earp: Vengeance’ Feels Like Home

Valerie and Nic break down all the gay, the goo, and the Earpy in the 90-minute special, Wynonna Earp: Vengeance.

Valerie Anne and Nic
September 16, 2024 9 Comments
A collage of queer actors at the Emmys 2024.
TV News & Trailers

2024 Emmys: Just The Gay Parts

Jodie Foster and Jessica Gunning won Emmys, the LGBTs wore great outfits, Lily Gladstone and Greta Lee held hands and more gay highlights from the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards.

Riese September 16, 2024 12 Comments
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TV Feature

Presenting The Winners Of The 7th Annual Autostraddle TV Awards

The votes have been counted and it’s time to tell you who’s bringing home imaginary trophies for this Emmy Season’s very best LGBTQ+ television.

Riese and The TV Team
September 13, 2024 4 Comments
The cast of The Perfect Couple doing the opening dance.
TV Lists

10 Queer TV Shows That Should Have Opened With a Group Dance Like ‘The Perfect Couple’

For example, picture the cast of The Haunting of Hill House dancing to “Monster” by Lady Gaga.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya September 13, 2024 9 Comments
A collage of various SNL women players over the decades.
TV Feature

A Love Letter to the Women of SNL, All of Whom Have Been Extremely Hot

Let’s hop in my time machine and discuss what makes the women of SNL so hot — without once discussing their looks.

Motti September 10, 2024 8 Comments
Waverly Earp and Nicole Haught
TV Feature

Top 10 Things We Hope To See in the New ‘Wynonna Earp’ Special

Wynonna Earp is coming back with a ‘Vengeance’ next Friday the 13th!

Valerie Anne and Nic
September 6, 2024 10 Comments
TV Show Recaps

The Top Lesbian Moments on ‘I Kissed a Girl’

I can’t believe we’ve already come to the finale of the UK’s first all-girl reality dating show, I Kissed a Girl, or, as I like to think of it, a battle of attrition between a weary group of TV producers and the lesbian urge to merge.

Sally September 5, 2024 5 Comments
Patti Harrison in a bad short wig laughs maniacally while talking into a microphone.
TV Feature

A Tribute to Patti Harrison, the Comedian Changing Trans Representation On-Screen by Being Fully Herself

Patti Harrison is a gift to trans women representation in media. But you know what benefits even more because of her presence? American comedy in general.

Lisa Laman September 4, 2024 2 Comments
LGBTQ STREAMING GUIDE: SEPTEMBER 2024
Movie Lists TV Lists

September 2024: What’s New and Gay to Stream

We’ve got returning queer characteres on From, Colin From Accounts and The Old Man, a documentary about child stars and another about L.A teenagers, and more queer content to look out for in September!

Riese September 1, 2024 24 Comments
A Tennis Lesbian Power Ranks Tennis Movies and Shows
Movie Lists Sports TV Lists

A Tennis Lesbian Power Ranks Tennis Movies and Shows

It’s the U.S. Open, so let’s revisit some of the greatest (and worst) tennis movies, series, and scenes.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya August 30, 2024 3 Comments
I Kissed a Girl: Priya, a South Asian South Welsh femme, and Naee, a masc Londoner from a Jamaican family, kiss
TV Reviews

I Watched New Reality Show ‘I Kissed a Girl’ and I Liked It

Ten women are matched into couples, and the first time they meet, they must greet each other tongue-first!

Sally August 30, 2024 11 Comments
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TV Feature

Vote Now in the 7th Annual Autostraddle TV Awards!

Fewer gay shows are being produced and the ones that do slip through are often canceled. But that makes it all the more important to celebrate the work that does get made!

The TV Team August 27, 2024
Justine and Glenn in AMC+'s Fifteen-Love
TV Reviews

Queer Tennis Thriller Series ‘Fifteen-Love’ Should Be Your Next Obsession

In these first two episodes, Fifteen-Love is masterful in its storytelling about abuse, power, trauma, and sports.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya August 24, 2024 9 Comments
Amandla Stenberg in The Acolyte
TV Feature

Disney+ Cancels First Star Wars Show Made by a Lesbian — Here’s Why That SUCKS

At least, for one summer, we had a Star Wars show made by a lesbian, and it was pretty dang good.  

Nic Anstett August 20, 2024 14 Comments
Emily and Camille strolling through the market in France
TV Show Recaps

If Emily in Paris Slept With My Boyfriend, I Too Would Consider a Lesbian Affair With An Artist Named Sofia

Get in, we’re recapping the entirety of ‘Emily in Paris”s bisexual storyline!

Riese August 16, 2024 22 Comments
The Umbrella Academy season four - Elliot Page sits at a table with one castmate on each side
TV Reviews

‘The Umbrella Academy’ Final Season Feels Rushed and Chaotic — and Not in a Fun Way

You have Academy Award nominee ELLIOT PAGE!! Use him!!

Valerie Anne August 14, 2024 10 Comments
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder: Emma Meyers as Pip hides behind a copy of Jane Eyre
TV Reviews

‘A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder’ Has a Teen Detective and a Queer Best Friend

There are no big reveals, no hoopla, no conflict regarding any of the queerness on the show. It’s just simply a fact, presented with the same weight as the fact that Pippa has a younger brother.

Valerie Anne August 8, 2024 4 Comments
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