In 2017, Lesbian and Bisexual TV Characters Did Pretty OK, and That’s a Pretty Big Deal
2017 somehow turned out to be the best year ever for lesbian and bisexual women on television — but we’ve still got a ways to go.
Style Thief: How to Dress Like Riverdale’s Firey Maple Goddess Cheryl Blossom
Go forth and wreak havoc, my lil vixens!
5 Steps for Making Your Gay Web Series Dream a Reality
Get that lesbian vampire space opera out of your head and onto the interwebs!
Autostraddle Feelings Atrium: Sara Ramirez in This Suit and Suspenders With a Pocket Chain Around Your Heart
She’s joining the cast of Madam Secretary as a series regular. We don’t know much about her character from this picture but also we kind of know everything.
“Steven Universe: Art & Origins” Offers Us a Glimpse Behind the Scenes of TV’s Queerest Cartoon
It’s an important thing to learn about and acknowledge the people who make the things we love, and this book gives Steven Universe fans an opportunity to do just that.
QTPOC Roundtable: TV and Movie Characters That Made Us Feel Seen
“Jessi showed me that it was cool to focus on my ambitions and to form deep relationships with other girls instead of being boy-obsessed.”
The Cast and Crew of “Danger & Eggs” Chat About Their Super Weird, Super Queer Kids Show
Jasika Nicole, Jazz Jennings, Laura Zak, Shadi Petoski, and Tyler Ford open up about the joy of working on Danger & Eggs and what it would have meant to them when they were younger.
I Love That Heterosexual Show “GLOW”!
JK.
It’s Time to Free Orange Is the New Black’s Stars
Never before have my distaste for a show and love for its cast been so at odds.
This Is The Real Ellen DeGeneres Story: Remembering “The Puppy Episode” 20 Years Later
“She was an attractive woman, you know. If she hadn’t told us she was a lesbian, she could’ve been in a Miss America contest!”
Doctor Who’s First Queer Companion Echoes My Own Gay Journey Through Space and Time
Ten years ago, Doctor Who was the first show to let me see myself, and to feel seen; when I felt entirely alone, it showed me a universe waiting for me.
Stranger, Less Heterosexual Things: Barb, We Hope
Shannon Purser feels ya, Yorkie.
Feelings Rookie: How Teri Polo Made Me Cry in 4.5 Minutes
“Four-and-a-half minutes was all it took to throw me back into this huge river of feeling, and it was exhilarating and rewarding and made me feel light and warm in a place that had been cold and damp for a long time.”
(Almost) Every Piece of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” 20th Anniversary Merch, Preemptively Reviewed
A rundown of all the things you can celebrate the 20th anniversary of Buffy by buying.
Once More With Feeling: A “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” 20th Birthday Roundtable
Buffy is a queer rite of passage. Everybody’s got a Buffy story. These are some of ours.
Meet One Day at a Time’s Lesbian Writers, Becky Mann and Michelle Badillo
We talked to One Day at a Time writers, Becky Mann and Michelle Badillo, about gay representation on TV, how Autostraddle came to be in the script, their queer TV roots, what kind of LGBT stories are missing from TV and what’s in store for Elena in a potential next season.
The Magic School Bus’ Ms. Frizzle Is A Queer Legacy
“Some stray comments and seemingly-satirical articles suggest that the show championed witchcraft, which, in the 1990s, was not the compliment that it is today.”
Some Questions For Phoebe Waller-Bridge From “Fleabag”
Just wondering, no reason.
Goodbye Forever, Great British Bake Off
Christmas Day sees the last episodes of the Bake Off as we know it; let’s see it off into the dark night together.
RonCo Inventions, Ranked
“I’d actually use this, maybe even daily, but I’d absolutely hate knowing it existed somewhere in my kitchen. It’d be like the broom in the closet, but for your cabinets. Like you need it, but it’s always in the way and there’s really no way to conceal it.”