“It’s Just a Phase” — Bisexual and Ex-Orthodox Erasure in Netflix’s My Unorthodox Life
We all — Ex-Orthodox, Orthodox, and bisexual — deserve better from Netflix than the perpetuation of misconceptions about our identities.
“Drawn” Review: Tig Notaro’s Animated Special Is a Guaranteed Blip of Healing Serotonin
Drawn is quintessentially Tig Notaro: dry, gently sardonic, softly sprawling stories that pull back the curtain on the every day pain and absurdity of just being a human being in this weird world.
Atypical’s Casey and Izzie Join The Magical Unicorn Club of Queer Happy Endings
Stories are the things that make us human, and real gay people still need to see fictional gay people finding happy endings to know happy endings are possible for them too.
“American Horror Stories” Is Ryan Murphy At His Worst
This is a brutal look into who Ryan Murphy deems worthy of a personality and who exists only to aid or bully a white gay before getting their throat slit.
Élite Season 4 Finally Delivers a Sapphic Storyline
Élite’s 4th season devotes half its romantic storylines to the gays: and this time, that means lesbian content too!
Whatever You Thought “We Are Lady Parts” Was Going to Be, This Ain’t It
“Gone is Ayesha’s confidence. Gone is her swagger. All that’s left is a girl with a crush.”
“September Mornings” Is Tender, Challenging, and Should Make Trans Musician Liniker an International Superstar
September Mornings is a beautifully shot and tenderly written show. But it’s Liniker who elevates the series to greatness.
“Feel Good” Season Two Confronts Trauma and Finds Messy Queer Romance
While Feel Good season two is certainly not lacking in laugh-out-loud moments or Mae Martin’s endless charm, it’s also a very heavy experience.
Lena Waithe’s “Master of None” Could’ve Settled for Being Black and Beautiful, But It Chose Complicated Instead
The third season Master of None eschews any clean, simple picture. When a happy love story about Black lesbians in love would have been easier, instead it holds up a mirror of what we don’t like to see.
“Shrill” Gives Fran the Queer Joy She Deserves in the Final Season
I look at her and I see my killer body, my effervescent personality, my sweet determination, and even my quietest fears.
Mythic Quest’s Queer Season 2 Storyline Gets Gamer Girl High Score
The Mythic Quest queer storyline features Ashly Burch as game tester Rachel who has a big lesbian crush on her co-tester, Imani Hakim’s Dana.
Okay Tina Fey’s “Girls5Eva” Really Is Super Great and Super Gay
Girls5Eva is honestly hilarious — and it’s a lot easier to feel like you’re in on the gay jokes when you’re actually represented on-screen.
“Four More Shots Please” Season Two Was a Betrayal
Four More Shots Please wants to broach serious issues relating to gender and sexuality but puts in no work to actually address them in any kind of meaningful way and opts for superficial declarations of feminism, instead.
“Home Economics” Has a Lesbian Couple and Mostly Relatable Family Hijinks
It’s very obvious early on that there’s a queer person in the writers’ room when Denise suggests looking at photos of Cate Blanchett in suits as a way to cheer Sarah up.
Mary Lambert Makes Her Musical Movie Debut in “Arlo the Alligator Boy”
Mary Lambert is charming as heck in Arlo the Alligator Boy, Netflix’s madcap found family series that’s half-High School Musical / half-Rent.
For All Mankind’s Lesbian Love Story Is Literally Flung Out of Space
For All Mankind, Apple TV+’s alternate history/sci-fi series, has a sweet lesbian love story with Ellen and Pam, buried under a whole lotta moon rocks.
Bombay Begums Centers the Queer South Asian Story I’ve Been Searching For
It’s moments like this that I’ve been desperately searching for in South Asian media these past few years. I want to know, I want to see where queer South Asians summon the courage to be themselves from, in a world where coming out is truly a global struggle.
Netflix’s The One: A Lesbian Love Triangle Gets Lost in a Murder Mystery
Is love a lie or the ultimate truth? The One balks at exploring that fascinating question and cops out with a cliched murder storyline.
Demi Lovato’s New Doc “Dancing with the Devil” Will Break Your Heart
The fact that she’s still candidly discussing her ongoing issues is significant, because this story cannot be neatly packaged. By naming these things, she also normalizes them. For young fans, seeing Lovato’s intertwined and ongoing struggles presented so bluntly is remarkable.
Is Marriage or Mortgage a Reality Show About Crime Girlfriends or What?!
This business model is very f*cked up and sometimes it even works! Nichole and Sarah are also clearly constantly trying to slyly top one another.