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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
piper and alex leaning against the wall crying
Comedy TV Feature

What the Gay TV Show You’re Rewatching Says About Your Mental Health

From Grey’s Anatomy to Buffy the Vampire Slayer to The L Word to “San Junipero” on repeat, this is what can reasonably be deduced about your mental health at this time based on the gay TV show you’re currently re-watching.

Riese May 27, 2024 30 Comments
36 Songs Glee Would Cover Now: The New Directions dressed in black sing on stage
TV Feature

Happy 15th Anniversary, ‘Glee’! Here Are 36 Songs They’d Cover If the Show Was On Now

Santana and Brittany – “Pynk” by Janelle Monáe

Drew Burnett Gregory May 22, 2024 11 Comments
Marnie and Jessa kiss as Thomas Jane watches on
TV Feature

Very Special Gay Episode: When Two ‘Girls’ Kiss and Never Speak of It Again

Marnie kissed Jessa to prove a point; she keeps kissing Jessa because she wants to.

Drew Burnett Gregory May 21, 2024 1 Comment
Unconventional ships we love: Jenny and Shane look off to the side and smile while embracing.
TV Feature

7 Unconventional Ships Only We Love

We love these fictional couples — even if you don’t.

The TV Team May 9, 2024 13 Comments
The One with the Lesbian Wedding: Carol and Susan in big funny hates smile at the camera with their butch officiant standing between them.
TV Feature

Very Special Gay Episode: The One Where I Write About the ‘Friends’ Lesbian Wedding

It could happen in real life, couldn’t it? It had happened on Friends and everyone loved Friends.

Kristen Arnett May 7, 2024 7 Comments
Willow Rosenberg is the champion of 2024 Autostraddle March Madness
TV Feature

Willow Rosenberg Is Your Autostraddle March Madness 2024 ‘The Kids Are Alright’ Champion!

Willow’s win is a testament to the way representation, and our first encounters with it, imprints upon a person. There’s something unshakeable about our connections to the first time we see ourselves. It’s deeper than just nostalgia.

Natalie April 11, 2024 11 Comments
Riverdale, Cheryl looks at Betty. Betty: Fun girl talk.
TV Feature

F*ck It, I’m Starting Riverdale: A Year-Long Live Tweet

I’m giving myself until the end of 2024 to watch all of Riverdale — and you’re going to watch it with me.

Drew Burnett Gregory April 10, 2024 25 Comments
Autostraddle March Madness Finals: Willow Rosenberg vs. Santana Lopez
TV Feature

Autostraddle March Madness 2024: ‘The Kids Are Alright’ Championship

We’re down to just two contenders for the TV icon crown! Willow Rosenberg of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Santana Lopez of Glee. In the last round, Willow and Santana’s finished with nearly identical vote totals. This truly is anyone’s game.

Natalie April 8, 2024 5 Comments
queer Bachelor contestants through the years
Celebrities (Vapid Fluff) TV Feature

16 ‘Bachelor Nation’ Alums Who Have Come Out as Queer

From Becca Tilley to the Bachelor contestants who fell in love with each other, Bachelor Nation is full of queer, bi, and gay women.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya April 6, 2024 2 Comments
Autostraddle Final Four (from top left, CW): Willow Rosenberg, Ellie Williams, Santana Lopez and Vanessa "Van" Palmer
TV Feature

Autostraddle March Madness 2024: ‘The Kids Are Alright’ Final Four

Willow Rosenberg from Buffy the Vampire Slayer! Ellie Williams from The Last of Us! Van Palmer from Yellowjackets! Santana Lopez from Glee! One queer teen will rule the school, and it’s up to you to decide. Vote! Vote! Vote!

Natalie April 4, 2024 3 Comments
Graphic for the 8 characters still remaining in Autostraddle March Madness 2024. Rows are each of the 2 characters across the 4 regions (Brainiacs, Jocks, Rebels and Thesbians)
TV Feature

Autostraddle March Madness 2024: ‘The Kids Are Alright’ Elite 8

It’s come down to this. We have Brittany *verses* Santana in a battle royale you don’t want to miss. Plus, Elena Alvarez vs. Willow Rosenberg, Emily Fields vs. Vanessa “Van” Palmer, and The Last of Us’ Ellie Williams vs. First Kill’s Calliope Burns. YOU HAVE 48 HOURS TO VOTE.

Natalie April 2, 2024 5 Comments
Graphic for the 16 characters still remaining in Autostraddle March Madness 2024. Rows are each of the 8 characters across the 4 regions (Brainiacs, Jocks, Rebels and Thesbians)
TV Feature

Autostraddle March Madness 2024: “The Kids Are Alright” Sweet 16

Van survived a plane crash and being mauled by wolves on Yellowjackets… can she survive and advance in a match-up with Atypical’s Casey Gardner? Also we have two famous ships facing EACH OTHER, Glee’s Santana and Brittany vs. Everything Suck’s Kate and Emaline. It’s time to Vote!

Natalie March 31, 2024 1 Comment
Graphic for the 32 characters till remaining in Autostraddle March Madness 2024. Rows are each of the 8 characters across the 4 regions (Brainiacs, Jocks, Rebels and Thesbians)
TV Feature

Autostraddle March Madness 2024: ‘The Kids Are Alright’ Round of 32!

We have actual *couples* going against *each other* this round! Including Yellowjacket’s Van and Tai and First Kill’s Calliope and Juliette! Plus Buffy’s Willow, SLOCG’s Leighton, and 26 other queer teens on TV who are clawing for your votes this March Madness!

Natalie March 29, 2024 2 Comments
A collage of 16 players in the Autostraddle March Madness tournament, these are all theater/art/music students (known collectively as "the thesbians")
TV Feature

Autostraddle March Madness 2024: “The Kids Are Alright” Round One — Thesbians

Santana Lopez and Brittany S. Pierce, Everything Sucks’ Kate and Emaline, All American’s Coop, and Heartstopper’s Elle to name a few. This round features some of the most celebrated queer characters on television, and they need your vote!

Natalie March 27, 2024 6 Comments
Marsha Warfield collaged as Roz in Night Court, both from the 1980s and in 2024 for the show's reboot.
TV Feature

Marsha Warfield Takes Her Place in the Parthenon of Black Queer Women on Television

“When you’re standing on the mountain, and been climbing it as long as I have, you can look back and say, ‘no baby, we’ve come a long way.'” I had the pleasure of talking to Ms. Warfield ahead of her triumphant return as Roz in tonight’s Night Court season finale.

Sa'iyda Shabazz March 26, 2024 1 Comment
Gloria from Girls5eva
TV Feature

26 of the 178 Types of Women According to Girls5eva’s Resident Lesbian Gloria

Highlights include Susan Saran-dom, Corn-Fed Xena, and simply: Tár.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya March 25, 2024 9 Comments
A collage of 16 images from the Autostraddle' Rebels March Madness region
TV Feature

Autostraddle March Madness 2024: “The Kids Are Alright” Round One — Rebels

Ellie from The Last of Us, Juliette and Calliope from First Kill, Rue and Jules from Euphoria, Buffy The Vampire Slayer’s Tara, Pretty Little Liar’s Maya St. Germain, and more teen rebels who need your vote!

Natalie March 25, 2024 1 Comment
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