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A Gay Television History of “Jane the Virgin”
A definitive look back on the greatest, gayest show about a heterosexual romance of our time.
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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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“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.
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Apple TV’s “Dickinson” Is an Angsty, Gay, Absurd Delight
I am here for as many revisionist takes on history as you want to throw at me if it’s correcting centuries of queer omission.
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“Impulse” Season 2 Makes Good on its Gay Promise
Jenna’s journey of self-discovery continues in the darker, stronger, gayer second season.
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“A Black Lady Sketch Show” Is Queer, Brilliant and Ridiculously Funny
A Black Lady Sketch Show recognizes that “black ladies” come across a variety of gender identities and sexualities. Black lesbians are funny. Black queer women are funny. Black trans women are funny. And we aren’t going anywhere, any time soon.
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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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“Broad City” Is Getting Even Gayer in Its Final Season
It also feels worth mentioning that Abbi dates a woman ONCE and is already wearing a denim dress with pockets? I guess we’re just diving right on in to the queer lifestyle!
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“The Good Fight” Really Is the Best (Lesbian) Show You’re Not Watching
The Good Fight returns for a third season on March 14. Here’s why you should catch up on the first two seasons on CBS All Access.
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“Orange Is the New Black” Season Seven: Everything Is Different Our Final Time Around
“There are few shows that I have loved with the ferocity that I loved Orange is the New Black, and there are exactly zero shows that have broken my heart the way this show did. So when it came to the final season, I was trying to prepare myself for anything.”
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“Shameless” Racked Up 15+ Queer Women Characters While You Were Getting High
Valerie and Riese chat about “Shameless,” the Showtime dramedy we weren’t watching for the gay lady parts and then suddenly there were a lot of gay lady parts. Did we like them? Find out!
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“Derry Girls” Is Back and if You’re Not Watching, You’re Robbing Yourself of Joy
I’m pleased to report that series two, which landed this week on Channel 4, is just as irreverent, just as uproarious, just as unpredictable as series one.
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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.
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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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“Marvel’s Runaways” Gets Gayer, Better, and Flashier in Season 2
The hot evil parents get hotter and eviler!
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Maya Rudolph’s “Forever” Is Finally Here, Quietly Queer
What I’m trying to say is: Forever is like if Portlandia had a baby with San Junipero and it grew up watching only Spike Jonze and Richard Linklater films.
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Jodie Whittaker’s “Doctor Who” Is an Impossible Thing, a Miracle
You can know your beloved Doctor is going to be a woman, and then you can witness her being a woman. It’s two different things.