How “Hightown” Season 2 Failed Jackie Quiñones
There are plenty of people out there still rooting for Jackie Quiñones; it’d be nice if it felt like the ones crafting her story were among them.
“Dickinson” Gives Emily and Sue the Happily Ever After They’ve Always Deserved
Dickinson’s third and final season was funny and fun and deep and wild and so, so gay. Emisue, forevermore.
Netflix’s “Arcane” Is Full of Queer Badasses and Emotional Gut Punches
Arcane was surprisingly deep, surprisingly stunning, surprisingly surprising, surprisingly gay.
“Harlem” Is a Show That You Sure Could Watch This Weekend
I don’t know your weekend plans! I do know that Harlem, that new Black women’s friendship comedy with a surprisingly large amount of gays, could be a show that you watch.
Netflix’s “BBW (Big Beautiful Weirdo)” Is Nicole Byer at Her Sexy, Hilarious Best
If you’re coming to this special looking for a hot, fat, Black chick who is doing self-deprecating humor, you might be disappointed. But, if you’re coming to the special looking for a hot, fat, Black chick who is gonna make you laugh by chatting shit about gaining power from the tears of white women, and about helium-voiced nurses with panty stealing kinks, you will be more than happy.
“Saved by the Bell” Gives Us a Bisexual Afro-Latina Teen Love Story Ripped Right From Zack and Kelly’s Playbook
I’m here to celebrate bisexual jock and Bayside legend Aisha Garcia, who has an enviable wardrobe, a killer sense of humor, and ya damn right — gets the girl.
If There Was Better Queer Latine Storytelling this Year Than “Gentefied,” I Don’t Know Her
In its second season, Gentefied soars. It’s nearly unfathomable how good it is now — how it matured without losing its heart, how it never takes an easy out or answer.
Netflix’s “Cowboy Bebop” is a Failure of an Adaptation
The live-action Cowboy Bebop takes one of the most fleshed-out universes in a limited anime series — or, hell, in all of television — and strips it of everything that makes it unique.
“Yellowjackets” Has a Lesbian Character We’re Buzzing About
Showtime’s “Yellowjackets” is about a girls’ soccer team that gets stranded in the wilderness. Unsurprisingly, that team includes at least one lesbian.
Hulu’s Dopesick Puts a Lesbian Coal Miner at the Heart Of Its Opioid Crisis Miniseries, But Also The Wigs Are Really Bad
Hulu’s “Dopesick” is a thorough and compassionate portrait of the opioid epidemic and its lesbian storyline is its most effective. Also though everybody wore really bad wigs, so.
“Tampa Baes” is Thin, White, and Colorist — But I Knew That Already
When the original trailer dropped, I knew what it was gonna be and, as a Taurus, I am happy to report I was right.
Amazon’s “I Know What You Did Last Summer” Is the Stupidest Thing I’ve Ever Seen
Even A+++ lesbian tongue kissing can’t save this mess.
“The Girl In The Woods” Delivers a Complex, Queer Horror Hero
The new Peacock supernatural series features multiple queer girls, a non-binary teen, and monster frights.
“Sex Education” Continues to Grow In a Masterful Third Season
Sex Education keeps getting better because it approaches storytelling the way it teaches us to approach sex — with curiosity, excitement, and a willingness to learn.
“Kevin Can F**k Himself” Is a Modern Bisexual Misandrist “Thelma and Louise”
What happens when a piss-baby man-child inside a traditional family sitcom has a wife who lives in another show entirely?
“Work in Progress” Season Two Reaffirms That Mentally Ill Queer Dykes Are Enough
If the first season was a spiral, the second seems to be about the mundanity of doing okay. And like the first season, its humor, its pathos, its power is found in its casual, low-key specificity.
“Fantasy Island” Is a Magical Queer Journey (Not a Reality Show!)
I decided to watch for the promised queer character, and for the Golden Retriever named Mr. Jones, and for Roselyn Sánchez who stands on the beach in a white suit for like half the show (I’m only a lesbian, after all!). What I discovered — much like the guests who visit actual Fantasy Island — has blown my mind grapes.
Sarah Michelle Gellar Gays Up “Masters of the Universe: Revelation,” He-Man Fanboys Drown in Own Tears
Last week I followed the sweet sound of fanboy weeping and discovered a treasure beyond my wildest imagination.
Bravo’s “Family Karma”: When Queerness and Cultural Expectations Clash
So often, Family Karma cracks me up. This storyline cracks me open. Believe me when I say this show has the range.
It’s Time to Talk about It, “Never Have I Ever” Has a Race Problem
Fabiola’s story taps into a real dynamic in queer communities, but “Never Have I Ever” couldn’t bring itself to actually identify the problem for what it truly is: racism.