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Violence and Visibility: Transgender Women on TV in 2015

“We wrote more obituaries for murdered trans women in 2015 than TV recaps for any single show we cover.”

Heather Hogan December 31, 2015 16 Comments
TV Lists

Every Queer TV Storyline of 2015, Ranked

The good, the bad, the ugly, and the revolutionarily boring queer TV storylines of the year.

Heather Hogan December 31, 2015 65 Comments
TV News & Trailers

Pop Culture Fix: “Legends Of Tomorrow” Latest TV Show To Cast Ali Liebert In Lesbian Role

Ali Liebert will play White Canary’s lesbian love interest, Emily’s future in “Pretty Little Liars,” Ilana Glazer on her character’s sexual orientation, so many year-end lists and so much more!

Riese December 30, 2015 12 Comments
TV Feature

Fan Fiction Friday: You’re Getting Clexa For Christmas

Five Clexa stories to keep you warm on cold nights, some answers to some TV questions, and a fandom news roundup.

Heather Hogan December 18, 2015 73 Comments
TV Show Recaps

Boob(s On Your) Tube: “Jane The Virgin” Gives Alba Her Green Card For Christmas

It’s official: Jane the Virgin is the best! Plus, an update on our queer contestant on Top Chef and some rundowns of a handful of webseries you should be watching during the winter TV hiatus.

Heather Hogan December 18, 2015 19 Comments
TV Feature

The Best and Worst LGBT TV Characters of 2015

We’ve finally arrived at a place where we have enough queer characters on TV to fight about them. What a time to be alive!

the team December 14, 2015 119 Comments
TV Feature

My Day On The Set Of “Transparent,” Where Trans Voices Actually Get Heard

“Being one of the cool kids is a privilege I never had growing up, especially in school. I was one of the outcasts because I was different. So on Transparent, it’s like the tables have turned.”

Mey December 13, 2015 42 Comments
TV Show Recaps

Boob(s On Your) Tube: Here Are Some Carmilla-Adjacent Web Series To See You Through The Holigays

Couple-ish and ‘Til Lease Do Us Part premiered this week, Fresh Off the Boat got a little gay, Pippy and TMI finally smooched on Rosewood, and one of our queer chefs didn’t make the cut on Top Chef.

Heather Hogan December 11, 2015 18 Comments
TV Show Recaps

Boob(s On Your) Tube: Meet The Queer Contestants on “Top Chef”

Empire’s midseason finale is b-a-n-a-n-a-s and Top Chef is back with two lesbian contestants!

Heather Hogan December 4, 2015 17 Comments
TV News & Trailers

8 Things To Expect From “Transparent” Season Two

We were lucky enough to peep Transparent season two ahead of time, and Jill Soloway’s family drama continues to provide complex and meaningful queer narratives with touches of humor and warmth.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya December 3, 2015 12 Comments
TV Reviews

“Adventure Time” Lets Marceline And Princess Bubblegum Grow Up (And Old) Together

Adventure Time’s first mini-series, Stakes, colors in Marceline’s past and brings her into the coming of age conversation that makes this show so great.

Heather Hogan December 3, 2015 23 Comments
TV Show Recaps

Boob(s On Your) Tube: “Transparent” Is Back and Lucy Lawless is Lesbian-ing Again

Amazon releases Transparent early, Lucy Lawless is lesbian-ing again, Carmilla bids adieu to season zero, and Pippy and TMI almost break up on Rosewood.

Heather Hogan December 1, 2015 29 Comments
TV Reviews

“Jessica Jones” Is An Awesomely, Aggressively Feminist Superhero Series

Jessica Jones is not a perfect television show, but it is a perfect punch in the face to the reasons the art of superhero storytelling has mutated into one of the most sexist industries in America.

Heather Hogan December 1, 2015 77 Comments
TV Show Recaps

Boob(s On Your) Tube: “How To Get Away With Murder”‘s Lady Gays Are Here To Stay

Eve has been there since Annalise’s Slytherin beginnings on How to Get Away with Murder and there’s a good chance Luisa’s other mother is also a crime lord on Jane the Virgin.

Heather Hogan November 24, 2015 14 Comments
TV Show Recaps

Boob(s On Your) Tube: “Grey’s Anatomy” Is Adding New Lesbian Characters Basically Every Week This Season

Mimi Whiteman deals with the fallout of her upended threesome with Lucious on Empire, it’s time to talk about Once Upon a Time for real, Grey’s Anatomy keeps getting magnificently gayer, and Carmilla definitely did something to Perry.

Heather Hogan November 20, 2015 35 Comments
TV Show Recaps

Boob(s On Your) Tube: On “Once Upon a Time,” a Woman Sat Upon Another Woman

Blindspot and Code Black reveal that two of their characters are gay, The Vampire Diaries has introduced the half-witch/half-vampire lesbian couple, and Jane the Virgin is still the best damn thing on TV.

Heather Hogan November 17, 2015 64 Comments
TV Reviews

True Life: I’m Genderqueer and I Watched MTV’s “True Life: I’m Genderqueer”

“My heart did a flip because I remember the sudden shift where my body went from stranger to home, and now I was watching this shift happen to someone else. And maybe this is why these shows exist: because someone else is going to want that feeling, they’re going to recognize themselves.”

Archie November 17, 2015 18 Comments
LGBT History TV Lists

10 First-Ever Lesbian Characters On American TV: Killers, Tramps, Thieves and Therapists

From lesbian gangs killing old ladies in a nursing home to actresses with Mommy issues to inspirational schoolteachers, these are ten of the first-ever lesbian characters on American primetime television, 1961-1977.

Riese November 16, 2015 17 Comments
TV Show Recaps

Boob(s On Your) Tube: Empire’s Threesome Sure Was… Dismal

Empire and American Horror Story get it wrong, Grey’s gets it right, and Carmilla and Laura still aren’t smooching enough!

Heather Hogan November 13, 2015 32 Comments
TV Lists

50 Brilliant LGBTQ Women Behind The Television Camera

From Ali Adler to Nahnatchka Khan to Ilene Chaiken to three different women named “Liz,” you might not recognize their faces, but you’ll definitely recognize their work.

Riese November 13, 2015 26 Comments
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