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Gabby Windey walks to the roundtable in a catsuit during The Traitors U.S. season three finale.
TV Feature

Every Gabby Windey Roundtable Look on ‘The Traitors’ Ranked

Gabby was an easy player to root for all season and not just because she’s a lesbian.

Drew Burnett Gregory March 7, 2025 3 Comments
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Society + Culture TV Feature

Romancing the Machine: All the Men on ‘Love Is Blind’ Want to F*ck Siri

Love is Blind is not just a reality dating show; it’s a show about dating as virtual reality.

Amelia Christmas Gramling February 27, 2025 2 Comments
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Quizzes TV Feature

Quiz: Which ‘Traitors U.S.’ Season 3 Cast Member Are You?

The Traitors U.S. season three has been excellent television. But have you wondered which of the season three cast members is most like you?

Drew Burnett Gregory February 9, 2025 5 Comments
Candis Cayne in Drop Dead Diva season two episode eight, she takes the stand in a court room wearing a black jacket and a purple button down shirt
TV Feature

Very Special Gay Episode: 15 Years Ago ‘Drop Dead Diva’ Cast Candis Cayne as a Trans Lesbian

Drop Dead Diva gave me more than I had ever dared to imagine from a pre-Obergefell comedy… not only were there dykes, one of them was trans.

Sunny Laprade February 4, 2025 1 Comment
Ruby Cruz interview: Ruby Cruz in The Sex Lives of College Girls.
TV Feature

Ruby Cruz Joins ‘The Sex Lives of College Girls’ and Shares Her Favorite Horror Movies

“I’m always down to contribute to more queer representation. Always down.”

Rendy Jones January 2, 2025 1 Comment
The Best Queer TV scenes of the year: a collage of queer tv scenes
TV Feature

Autostraddle’s Favorite Queer TV Scenes of 2024

From meet cutes to sex, the best queer TV scenes of the year were almost all about romance. Almost.

The TV Team December 16, 2024 4 Comments
Autostraddle’s Favorite Lesbian, Bisexual, and Trans TV Characters of 2024 - a collage of characters with a gold 2024 in the middle
TV Feature

Autostraddle’s Favorite Lesbian, Bisexual, and Trans TV Characters of 2024

From complex portraits of everyday queers to Marvel witches to a collection of soap opera gays, here are some of our favorite queer TV characters of the year.

The TV Team December 13, 2024 5 Comments
Indya Moore as Brooklyn looks scared in the cut episode of Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur titled The Gatekeeper
TV Feature

Rebels Against Disney Have Uploaded the Cut Trans Episode of ‘Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur’

The completed episode of the Marvel animated series appeared to have been cut due to its pro-trans message.

Rendy Jones November 20, 2024 3 Comments
Lady Mysaria and the Queen of Dragonstone kiss.
TV Feature

The Queerest Moments of ‘House of the Dragon’

During the most recent season of House of the Dragon, Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen, First of Her Name, started riding more than just dragons.

Eva Reign October 4, 2024 3 Comments
Interview: a close up of Sasheer Zamata in Agatha All Along.
TV Feature

Sasheer Zamata Wants To Be Your Queer Julia Roberts

“I think it’s cool that people now know a little bit more about me and know that the person who is playing these characters is also living this lifestyle.”

Rendy Jones October 4, 2024 3 Comments
Rainbow Age of Television: A still from Ellen of Ellen Degeneres and Joely Fisher looking upset as they watch TV
Book Features TV Feature

Queer Television Is About More Than Representation

Shayna Maci Warner talks about their new book The Rainbow Age of Television and hot TV topics from representation to the Killing Eve finale.

Drew Burnett Gregory September 23, 2024 3 Comments
little stars showing the autostraddle tv award winners
TV Feature

Presenting The Winners Of The 7th Annual Autostraddle TV Awards

The votes have been counted and it’s time to tell you who’s bringing home imaginary trophies for this Emmy Season’s very best LGBTQ+ television.

Riese and The TV Team
September 13, 2024 4 Comments
A collage of various SNL women players over the decades.
TV Feature

A Love Letter to the Women of SNL, All of Whom Have Been Extremely Hot

Let’s hop in my time machine and discuss what makes the women of SNL so hot — without once discussing their looks.

Motti September 10, 2024 8 Comments
Waverly Earp and Nicole Haught
TV Feature

Top 10 Things We Hope To See in the New ‘Wynonna Earp’ Special

Wynonna Earp is coming back with a ‘Vengeance’ next Friday the 13th!

Valerie Anne and Nic
September 6, 2024 10 Comments
Patti Harrison in a bad short wig laughs maniacally while talking into a microphone.
TV Feature

A Tribute to Patti Harrison, the Comedian Changing Trans Representation On-Screen by Being Fully Herself

Patti Harrison is a gift to trans women representation in media. But you know what benefits even more because of her presence? American comedy in general.

Lisa Laman September 4, 2024 2 Comments
7th annual autostraddle tv awards against a blue backdrop that has images of tvs and trophies
TV Feature

Vote Now in the 7th Annual Autostraddle TV Awards!

Fewer gay shows are being produced and the ones that do slip through are often canceled. But that makes it all the more important to celebrate the work that does get made!

The TV Team August 27, 2024
Amandla Stenberg in The Acolyte
TV Feature

Disney+ Cancels First Star Wars Show Made by a Lesbian — Here’s Why That SUCKS

At least, for one summer, we had a Star Wars show made by a lesbian, and it was pretty dang good.  

Nic Anstett August 20, 2024 14 Comments
Monét hosts a game during Monét's Slumber Party
TV Feature

With ‘Monét’s Slumber Party,’ Director Carly Usdin Finds Their Niche

“I am an unserious person. And I bring that unseriousness to my work. So I like to think I’m finally figuring out my voice as a filmmaker and it’s gay stupidity. We need more of that.”

Drew Burnett Gregory July 25, 2024 4 Comments
A collage of images from Get Real, Beautiful Thing, Feel Good, and Billy Elliot
Movie Features TV Feature

8 British Film and TV Characters Who Made Me Gay

From Skins to Feel Good, these eight characters turned out to be life-changing.

Eva Reign June 11, 2024 4 Comments
HBO Looking trans: the three leads o Looking pose in a press photo sitting on a couch looking into the camera.
TV Feature

HBO’s Once-Dismissed ‘Looking’ Has Found a New Audience: Trans Guys

Looking wasn’t a failure just because some cis gay men didn’t like it enough. It reached me, an unlikely and perfect audience.

Gabe Dunn June 4, 2024 9 Comments
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