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“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. 

Heather Hogan June 6, 2019 15 Comments
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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!

Chinelo Anyadiegwu June 6, 2019 11 Comments
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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.

Carmen Phillips June 4, 2019 9 Comments
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“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.

Carmen Phillips May 30, 2019 16 Comments
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“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?”

Carmen Phillips May 28, 2019 6 Comments
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“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?

Drew Burnett Gregory May 27, 2019 27 Comments
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“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.

Valerie Anne May 23, 2019 6 Comments
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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.

Carmen Phillips May 23, 2019 10 Comments
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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.

Carmen Phillips May 22, 2019 13 Comments
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“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.

Drew Burnett Gregory May 16, 2019 15 Comments
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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.”

Riese May 14, 2019 17 Comments
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“Into the Badlands” Failed its Queer and Female Characters in the End

We’re allowed to expect more from our stories in 2019.

Valerie Anne May 8, 2019 4 Comments
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“She-Ra and the Princesses of Power” Season Two Is Even More Hopeful (and Gay)

The Gay Agenda returns!

Heather Hogan April 29, 2019 19 Comments
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Let’s Talk About Star Trek Discovery: Hot Women in Space

Riese and Kayla talk about that Season Two finale, pros/cons re: Discovery in general, our hopes for the future, Tig Notaro in space, Three Hot Mommies and more pressing Star Trek processing.

Riese April 25, 2019 36 Comments
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Charmed’s Witchy Women of Color Lesbian Love Triangle Deserves All Your Attention

With just two episodes left this season, I made you a Charmed Cheat Sheet, filled with all the important details of this topsy turvy magical world.

Carmen Phillips April 24, 2019 21 Comments
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“Clink” Hopes to Step Into the Women’s Prison Drama Gap Left by “Wentworth” and “OITNB”

If life’s taught me anything, it’s that even the straightest-seeming woman can shuffle into a fictional prison meek as a lamb, and five seasons later is striding the corridors as Top Dog with a hot blonde on her arm.

Sally April 23, 2019 13 Comments
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Jane the Virgin’s Final Season is Gayer and Wilder and More Romantic Than Ever

I’m old enough to remember when the only way you could see four queer women on one episode of TV was to watch The L Word.

Heather Hogan April 22, 2019 9 Comments
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“Gentleman Jack” Is Your Sex-Filled Soft Butch Historical Drama Dream Come True

Suranne Jones’ Lister displays a seductive, sensual, capable, robust soft butch energy that makes Shane McCutcheon look like a clumsy little baby goat.

Heather Hogan April 22, 2019 17 Comments
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“The Magicians” Makes Magic Out of Pain in a Finale Full of Big Queer Feelings

The Magicians finale was all about making magic out of pain and choosing your family.

Valerie Anne April 18, 2019 9 Comments
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Abby’s Bisexual Coming Out Episode Breaks New Ground

A bisexual Latina who is a local business owner and a military vet with a deadpan sense of humor, now as normal on our screens as it already is in our lives.

Carmen Phillips April 15, 2019 12 Comments
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