Results for: representation
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Apple TV+’s “The Buccaneers” Ruins Edith Wharton and Fails History
A trans girl lesbian in an Edith Wharton adaptation is like something out of my wildest dreams. Too bad this show is such a mediocre nightmare.
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Nickelodeon’s “Monster High” Welcomes Trans Kids to Magic School
Trans actor Ceci Balagot plays nonbinary monster Frankie Stein in Nickelodeon’s new silly-adorable live-action musical-fantasy.
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The “Ted” TV Show Has Classic Crass Humor Plus a Queer Cousin
The offensive humor of the Ted franchise is called out by a queer character in the new TV series.
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“Class of ’09” Features Sepideh Moafi and Kate Mara Flirting Over 3 Decades
The show eased a fear I didn’t realize I had by guaranteeing that the end of The L Word: Generation Q did not mean the end of Sepideh Moafi playing queer and looking at women like she wants to devour them.
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Stephanie Beatriz’s “Twisted Metal” Is a Little Gay and a Lot of Fun
Imagine my surprise when Stephanie Beatriz’s much-appreciated subtle undertone of queerness wasn’t the only gay content we got!
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The Owl House’s Queer Love Story Knows We Need Hope, a Little Happiness
Disney won’t stand up for gays, JK Rowling keeps coming after trans women — and then there’s The Owl House, telling the sweetest, gentlest, most beautiful story about two baby gay witches falling in love.
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Netflix’s Latest Teen Drama “Everything Now” Provides Very Queer and Honest Depiction of Anorexia
Everything Now finds an impressive balance: It doesn’t romanticize eating disorders, of course, but it also doesn’t sensationalize them.
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“Elite” Season 6 Is a Mess — and Not the Fun Kind
Season six brutally buries a gay, becomes reductive in its trans storytelling, and generally misses the mark.
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Uncle Clifford Remains a Nonbinary Revelation in “P-Valley” Season Two
There are some concerning moments in P-Valley’s second season, but Uncle Clifford remains center stage. She is strutting around her club in a bustier and cape and getting her whole life… and not giving a shit about what anyone else thinks.
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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.”
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“Resident Evil” Has a Lesbian CEO to Die For
Evelyn Marcus is a sociopathic CEO first, a lesbian second. And that’s the kind of queer villain we deserve.
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How “Hightown” Season 2 Failed Jackie Quiñones
There are plenty of people out there still rooting for Jackie Quiñones; it’d be nice if it felt like the ones crafting her story were among them.
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I Loved “Archive 81” — Then I Found Out Melody Got “Straightwashed”
By erasing Melody’s queerness, Archive 81 gains nothing and loses a lot.
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“Astrid & Lilly Save the World” Ends on a Gay Cliffhanger
This finale is the perfect example of why I love this show.
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Real Housewives of Miami Is a Strong Argument Against Having Straight Friends
Julia’s dynamic with Adriana doesn’t look much different from the myriad co-dependent and somewhat romantic friendship duos of other Housewives programs, but it’s treated differently because of Julia’s bisexuality.
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In The Owl House, Luz and Amity Capture the Singular Queer Experience of a Surprise First Crush
Luz and Amity don’t just represent a possibility, or offer recognition. In them, I see a reflection of exactly who I used to be.
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“Euphoria” Finally Gives Jules Agency In A Special Episode Co-Written By Hunter Schafer
All I’ve wanted since Euphoria began was for Sam Levinson to write with people who actually have the characters’ perspectives — this episode shows why.
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“Work in Progress” Season Two Reaffirms That Mentally Ill Queer Dykes Are Enough
If the first season was a spiral, the second seems to be about the mundanity of doing okay. And like the first season, its humor, its pathos, its power is found in its casual, low-key specificity.
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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.
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“And Just Like That” TV Team Roundtable: On Che’s Comedy Concert, Miranda’s Queer Awakening, LTW’s Jumpsuit and More!
The TV Team weighs in on all our feelings about Sex and the City reboot And Just Like That’s first season: the good, the bad and the Che Diaz.