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.
Last week I followed the sweet sound of fanboy weeping and discovered a treasure beyond my wildest imagination.
So often, Family Karma cracks me up. This storyline cracks me open. Believe me when I say this show has the range.
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.
We all — Ex-Orthodox, Orthodox, and bisexual — deserve better from Netflix than the perpetuation of misconceptions about our identities.
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.
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.
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’s 4th season devotes half its romantic storylines to the gays: and this time, that means lesbian content too!
“Gone is Ayesha’s confidence. Gone is her swagger. All that’s left is a girl with a crush.”
September Mornings is a beautifully shot and tenderly written show. But it’s Liniker who elevates the series to greatness.
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.
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.
I look at her and I see my killer body, my effervescent personality, my sweet determination, and even my quietest fears.
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.
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 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.
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 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, 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.