“Orange Is the New Black” Changed Everything We Thought We Knew About Queer TV
As “Orange is the New Black” wraps up its seven-season run, our TV team weighs in on the show’s legacy — the good and the bad.
MTV’s “Are You the One?” Proves Nobody Knows How to Date
Acknowledge and communicate your desires!
Stranger Things’ Third Season Delivers Unto Us a Snarky Lesbian
Watch “Stranger Things” Season Three for teen girls kicking monster ass to a Madonna soundtrack. And the lesbians. Always watch for the lesbians.
We Watched MTV’s “Sexually Fluid” Dating Show “Are You The One”? and Unfortunately We… Love It?
Find out whether Amber and Nour adopt a pet together, and the exciting potential future of Justin the tattooed vet and Max, who Stef lovingly describes as a “sex idiot.”
“Jessica Jones” Season 3 Is a Rumination on Abuse and Survival
By the time you realize what story Jessica Jones is really telling, it’s too late to look away.
“Pose” and “Tales of the City” Remember the AIDS Epidemic in Very Different Ways
The question becomes, are the generational differences portrayed in Tales of the City actually generational differences? Is the argument actually between baby boomers and millennials, gen x-ers and gen z-ers? Or have we simply widened the conversation to include, or begin to include, voices that were already there?
If You Haven’t Watched Suranne Jones in “A Touch of Cloth,” Your British Lesbian Education Is Incomplete
Here’s that Gentleman Jack/Caroline Bingley fan fic you’ve been looking for.
Gentleman Jack’s Finale Was One of the Finest Hours in Lesbian Cinematic History
“Are You Still Talking” was everything I fell in love with and very obviously over-identify with about Anne Lister, framed and filmed inside the kind of aching, sweeping, racing, desperate, tender, pleading, triumphant storyline only the most epic romantic movies about straight people ever are.
“Tales of the City” Believes in the Power of Gay Love and LGBTQ Chosen Families
Tales of the City leans into some tropes, flips others on their head, makes plenty of jokes at its own expense, and — above all — believes in the power of LGBTQ people who come together to make their own family.
If You Haven’t Watched “Pose” Yet, What Are You Waiting For?
Pose is hella Black, it’s hella Brown and it’s hella queer, and the second season kicks off next week!
Vida’s Gay Vaquero Episode Breaks Emma’s Heart, Asks Hard Questions About Who’s Included in the Queer Community
We don’t get to define Emma’s queerness. We don’t get to tell her the terms of our understanding. She’s going to make those choices for herself.
“The Bold Type” Gives Kat a New Girlfriend, an Old Girlfriend and a Voice of Her Own
The Bold Type’s third season is setting Kat Edison up for a love triangle — but the sweetest journey has been watching her own self-discovery as she uncovers her young, queer voice.
“She’s Gotta Have It” Season 2 Finally Gives Nola Darling The Bright Light She Deserves
“If Nola Darling is one of the most famous, even if uncomfortable, black queer women in pop culture – what does it mean for us that nearly everything about her is so closely tied to the man who created her?”
“Killing Eve” Is Going to Keep Murdering Us
The season two finale came the closest the show ever has to giving us what we want. But what do we want?
“Lucifer” Season Four Has a (Tragically) Beautiful Bisexual Storyline
As someone who has fallen for oblivious girls, or helped girls I was crushing on find the perfect thing to say to the boy of their dreams, I found it all surprisingly grounded in reality considering it was about a demon from hell and the literal first woman on Earth.
Charmed’s Finale Betrays Its Magically Queer First Season
Charmed decided to get “serious” about its magic, and along the way it forgot everything that made the season campy fun, addictive, feminist, silly and yes – the greatness of centering queer women of color in the middle of all.
Vida’s Season Two Is a Triumph of Unapologetically Queer and Latinx Storytelling
Tanya Saracho demands more from her characters, from her audience. She requires our discomfort, our willingness to bring all of our messy selves in front of the television.
“Fleabag” Season Two: Phoebe Waller-Bridge Is Back and Bisexual
The second season of Fleabag has a reasonable premise: The only romantic rival worthy of Phoebe Waller-Bridge is God.
Have You Seen “The Gay and Wondrous Life of Caleb Gallo” Yet, If Not Then Maybe Treat Yourself
“I’m on six beta blockers and a large iced coffee. I have no idea what I’m here for.”
“Into the Badlands” Failed its Queer and Female Characters in the End
We’re allowed to expect more from our stories in 2019.