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A dewy rose that looks like a vagina and the text: The Principles of Pleasure
Sex TV Reviews

Netflix’s “The Principles of Pleasure” Invites Us Out of Shame and Into the Light

Pleasure can be sexual, but it also doesn’t have to be. I think I could have a healthier relationship with sex and my body by defining what pleasure means for me, without the influence of sex and attraction.

Em Win May 2, 2022 7 Comments
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TV Reviews

Saying Goodbye to “Better Things,” A Five-Season Balm Against Cynicism

It will remind you why the world is worth saving and why life is worth living.

Drew Burnett Gregory April 26, 2022 6 Comments
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TV Reviews

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.

Drew Burnett Gregory April 22, 2022 6 Comments
Eleanor caresses Hick's face
TV Reviews

Gillian Anderson Brings Eleanor Roosevelt’s Lesbian Love to Life in Showtime’s “First Lady”

I just wish First Lady had cast Hick with as much care. We deserve to see an imposing butch lesbian bossing the White House around.

Heather Hogan April 21, 2022 4 Comments
Natasha Lyonne as Nadia stands on a train platform wearing a white button down blouse with a black tie accent in Russian Doll season two.
TV Reviews

I Didn’t Think “Russian Doll” Season 2 Should Exist — I Was Wrong

Season two pushes the series and its characters into wild new directions, eventually bending those directions back into last season’s story, twisting them, creating a brand new labyrinth to play around in.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya April 20, 2022 10 Comments
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“Gentleman Jack” Season 2 Is The Gayest Thing I’ve Ever Seen

When that jaunty theme song hit and Anne Lister’s boot dropped, I hollered. Baby, Jack is back.

Heather Hogan April 18, 2022 29 Comments
Luz and Amity hold a balloon together
TV Reviews

The Owl House’s Queer Love Story Knows We Need Hope, a Little Happiness

Disney won’t stand up for gays, JK Rowling keeps coming after trans women — and then there’s The Owl House, telling the sweetest, gentlest, most beautiful story about two baby gay witches falling in love.

Heather Hogan April 12, 2022 7 Comments
Astrid & Lilly Save the World: Lilly and Candace dance
TV Reviews

“Astrid & Lilly Save the World” Ends on a Gay Cliffhanger

This finale is the perfect example of why I love this show.

Valerie Anne April 3, 2022 3 Comments
Julia Lemigova is wearing a blue dress and holding her arms out in a shrug during a Real Housewives Of Miami testimonial
TV Reviews

Real Housewives of Miami Is a Strong Argument Against Having Straight Friends

Julia’s dynamic with Adriana doesn’t look much different from the myriad co-dependent and somewhat romantic friendship duos of other Housewives programs, but it’s treated differently because of Julia’s bisexuality.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya March 18, 2022 6 Comments
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TV Reviews

CW’s “Two Sentence Horror Stories” Has Werewolves and Vampires and Lesbians, Oh My!

Of course the lesbian episode of this supernatural anthology series is also the werewolf and vampire episode AS IT SHOULD BE.

Valerie Anne March 17, 2022 7 Comments
Candace hands Lilly a drink
TV Reviews

“Astrid & Lilly Save the World” and Crush on Girls

Astrid & Lilly Save the World is a fun, silly sci-fi show with two fat female heroes, one of which is queer and crushing.

Valerie Anne March 15, 2022 12 Comments
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TV Reviews

“The Proud Family” Reboot: Louder, Prouder, and Gayer

There isn’t just one way to be Black, and with the addition of new characters and the exploration of gender and sexuality, I hope with it comes a depiction of the vast spectrum of Blackness.

Nic February 28, 2022 17 Comments
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TV Reviews

“Marvelous Mrs Maisel” Finally Addresses Susie’s Sexuality, Sort Of

Midge finally notices what we noticed long ago — Susie’s yet to get a romantic storyline — and thus our plucky heroine takes Susie on a field trip to the lesbian bar.

Riese February 26, 2022 30 Comments
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TV Reviews

River Butcher Is “A Different Kind of Dude” in His New Stand-Up Special

In his latest half-hour comedy special for Comedy Central, River Butcher makes an art form out of being “literally just some guy.”

Yashwina February 18, 2022 5 Comments
Dollface Season 2 screenshot: Stella (Shay Mitchell) and Liv (Lilly Singh) clink glasses over a bar
TV Reviews

Shay Mitchell Lives Her Best Queer Life In “Dollface” Season 2

Over the course of the season, Stella and Liv get closer as they work on the bar, smashing walls then smashing — well, each other.

Valerie Anne February 17, 2022 4 Comments
The Legend of Vox Machina, Vex and Keyleth look ready to fight
TV Reviews

“The Legend of Vox Machina” Could Be Gayer But I Love It Anyway

Vox Machina fights off bullies and zombies and…each other in this week’s batch of The Legend of Vox Machina episodes.

Valerie Anne February 14, 2022 6 Comments
Corbin Bleu and Cat Cora in jean shorts and a tied-up button-up shirt dance in the new Fox series 'The Real Dirty Dancing'
TV Reviews

Cat Cora Works Hard to Make 80s Nostalgia Gay on “The Real Dirty Dancing”

Cat somehow links this aggressively heterosexual film with her being able to express herself as an out and proud gay woman, and I am out and proud of her for making this gay.

Sally February 8, 2022 3 Comments
collage of images from "And Just Like That"
TV Reviews

“And Just Like That” TV Team Roundtable: On Che’s Comedy Concert, Miranda’s Queer Awakening, LTW’s Jumpsuit and More!

The TV Team weighs in on all our feelings about Sex and the City reboot And Just Like That’s first season: the good, the bad and the Che Diaz.

The TV Team February 4, 2022 6 Comments
Melody Pendras in Archive 81
TV Reviews

I Loved “Archive 81” — Then I Found Out Melody Got “Straightwashed”

By erasing Melody’s queerness, Archive 81 gains nothing and loses a lot.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya January 26, 2022 17 Comments
Sofia Black-D'Elia as Sam in Single Drunk Female
TV Reviews

Freeform’s “Single Drunk Female” Finds the Funny in Sobriety

Single Drunk Female is a show about starting fresh, not just about drinking or not drinking.

Analyssa January 25, 2022 13 Comments
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