Results for: comics
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Amazon’s “The Boys” Boasts a Bisexual Superhero named Queen Maeve, Long May She Reign
Amazon Prime was trying to hide this bisexual Wonder Woman type of superhero from you by calling its show The Boys but I’m here to help.
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Cobie Smulders Is a Revelation as Bisexual Dirtbag PI Dex Parios in “Stumptown”
Dex Parios is a mess, and it’s a joy to watch her kick and claw her way through the world (and every man in her way).
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“Batwoman” Keeps Getting Gayer and Queering Superhero Tropes
I’ve watched Clark Kent drag Lois Lane through flaky, bad boyfriend hell for at least 13 full seasons of TV and five full-length feature films. These two women talk out their feelings, explain their needs and desires, and handle the dissonance like adults in 42 minutes. (GAAAAAAY.)
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The CW’s “Batwoman” Review: A Really Fun, Super Gay Romp — and Ruby Rose Is Great
It’s an excellent addition to both the cinematic Bat-universe and to The CW’s (already superqueer) superhero line-up, which is no small feat. It balances the fun and heart of Alex Danvers and Kelly Olson in National City, the cocky silliness of Sara Lance and Ava Sharpe in space-time, and the drama and grit of Anissa Pierce and Grace Choi in Freeland.Â
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Tara Chambler’s Death on “The Walking Dead” Is More Than Just Another Buried Gay
“Tara Chambler wasn’t just the first openly LGBTQ character on The Walking Dead; she was the first gay woman I had ever seen in any form of zombie horror in my life.”
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I Love “Euphoria” and I Hate It
We can debate the actual quality of Euphoria, but what’s undeniable is Sam Levinson is writing about people most of the film and television world has ignored. After two failed movies focusing on cis white people and one mediocre HBO movie about an old cis white guy, Levinson discovered what Hollywood at large still hasn’t.
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“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.
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We All Slept on YouTube’s “Impulse” and That Was a Big Gay Mistake
Impulse is a fast-paced drama with a slow-burn potential lesbian character to invest in.
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Dear White People Season 3 Finally Gives Us the Nerdy Black Gay Girls We Deserve
“Squeee!!! Little black nerdy girls in baby gay love!! IT’S SO CUTE!!”
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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.
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“Legacies” Is Queer Witches at Boarding School and You Should Absolutely Be Watching
And yes, it’s about exes who keep finding their way back into each other’s arms.
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“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?
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“Marvel’s Runaways” Gets Gayer, Better, and Flashier in Season 2
The hot evil parents get hotter and eviler!
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“Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina” Review: Sabrina Spellman’s Rage Lights Up Part Two
Like Riverdale, Sabrina is paradoxically at its most enjoyable at its most off-the-rails and also in its more intimate, grounded character moments, and both shows have difficulty entwining the two.
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“Days of Our Wives” Is IRL Marceline and Princess Bubblegum Out Here Proving Love Is Not a Lie
In the early days of 2019 I’ve found myself really drawn to books and TV and movies and podcasts that are full of light and warmth and hard-won happiness. Enter: Days of Our Wives.
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Queer Eye’s “Black Girl Magic” Is the Blackest, Gayest, Most Moving TV Episode of 2019
Jess’ Blackness is tended to, built back up as the positive it is. I don’t think we have ever seen anything like this — but I certainly hope we see it again.
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Lena Waithe’s “Boomerang” Is Bringing a Gay Reckoning to BET
Not only has Boomerang proven itself to be one of the most cutting edge black voices on television, it’s also invested in showcasing a full spectrum of young blackness, including sexuality.
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Make Susie Gay, You Cowards: On The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’s Lesbian Problem
This was gonna be a review of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel but instead it’s just an entire thing about how Susie Myerson is a butch lesbian who works at a club surrounded by lesbian bars frequented by other butches and yet somehow she is not, officially, a lesbian, and neither is anybody else on this usually delightful show!!!
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Supergirl’s Nia Nal Is the Trans Superhero I Need
“Our identities shouldn’t require any external validation. But they do.”
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“Killing Eve” Is Your New Queer Obsession
In this age of endless dragons, androids, zombies, superheroes and dystopian hellscapes on television, it turns out the most exciting new show is just about two intelligent women chasing one another.