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A blank CD with sharpie writing Autostraddle End of Year List 2023 Favorite TV Couples
TV Feature

Autostraddle’s Favorite Lesbian, Bisexual, and Queer TV Couples of 2023

Yellowjackets, Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies, Station 19, and more! Check out our favorite queer TV couples of 2023.

The TV Team December 7, 2023 8 Comments
Favorite queer characters collage: images from The Last of Us, Everything Now, Minx, The Other Black Girl, Kitty XO, and The Afterparty with a piece of duct tape that says 2023 across the center.
TV Feature

Autostraddle’s Favorite Lesbian, Bisexual, and Trans TV Characters of 2023

Queer teens, a zombie killer, and one very disturbed set of twins. Check out our favorite queer TV characters of 2023!

The TV Team December 5, 2023 7 Comments
A collage with images from The Five Devils, The Fall of the House of Usher, Rotting in the Sun, and Bottoms.
Movie Features TV Feature

“Total Eclipse of the Heart” Is the Queer Film and TV Song of the Year

For some reason, four different works of queer media have used “Total Eclipse of the Heart” this year.

Drew Burnett Gregory December 4, 2023 3 Comments
Holigays TV Feature

Holigay Gift Guide: What Each Adult Yellowjacket Probably Wants

Taissa obviously wants a trench to add to her extensive collection.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya December 2, 2023 4 Comments
TV Feature

How Chrishell Stause Queered Selling Sunset

Discovering my queerness blew my world wide open, upended my expectations and left me with a clean slate to fill in as I pleased, holding on to the parts I wanted to keep, and discarding the ones I didn’t. And somehow, against all odds, I think that’s exactly what’s happened with Selling Sunset.

Anya Richkind November 20, 2023 2 Comments
A desaturated collage against a blue background. Mj Rodriguez, Sandra Caldwell, Morgan Davies, Holly Woodlawn, and Patti Harrison.
Movie Features TV Feature

Beyond Gender Identity: A History of Trans Actors in Cis Roles

I’m talking about stories where the trans character’s transness isn’t the focus — where they’re allowed to be the worst behaved one or simply hot and getting laid or just really fucking good at their job.

Motti November 19, 2023 5 Comments
The Syd + TP Show: WNBA Stars Theresa Plaisance, a tall white brunette with curly hair, and Sydney Colson, a Black woman with hair in a ponytail, are both in bathrobes lounging on blue pool chairs.
Sports TV Feature

Syd Colson and TP Are Laughing All the Way To Becoming the Faces of the WNBA

Sydney Colson and Theresa Plaisance started their sketch comedy “The Syd + TP Show” to become the faces of the league. We got together to talk about how that’s… worked out better than expected.

Carmen Phillips November 18, 2023 6 Comments
TV Feature

Top 15 Gayest Moments in Selling Sunset Season Seven

1. Chrishell and G kissing, followed by G screaming, “THIS IS MY WIFE!”

Anya Richkind November 10, 2023 6 Comments
A collage of images from Twenties, Anais in Love, Vida, Saving Face, Cruel Intentions, and A League of Their Own
Movie Features TV Feature

What Makes a Sexy Lesbian Screenshot

“I want to amend my answer and say I prefer the kiss itself if it’s open mouth and the almost kiss if it’s just going to be two chaste actors smashing faces.”

The Editors November 10, 2023 3 Comments
Frederich Usher mixing drugs in The Fall of the House of Usher
Book Features TV Feature

Edgar Allan Poe’s Wildest Story Inspired Fall of the House of Usher’s Scariest Moment

There’s something so intimate and terrifying about mouth horror.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya November 7, 2023 4 Comments
Dani and Jamie looking into a tub in The Haunting of Bly Manor
TV Feature

Work and Class in “The Haunting of Bly Manor”

Woven throughout the series are thoughts on care and caretaking and who does that care and caretaking as well as domestic work.

Nico October 31, 2023 9 Comments
Our Lady J poses at the Critics Choice Awards in an emerald green dress with a gold belt and earrings.
Theater TV Feature

Our Lady J on “Transparent,” “Pose,” and Returning To Live Performance

“I want to remind anyone who is reading this that it is possible to survive. There is a richness in our history that we can call upon to learn how to survive.”

Drew Burnett Gregory October 24, 2023 6 Comments
Carol watches as Therese puts on perfume
Movie Features TV Feature

Were We Ever So Young: Couples We Used To Ship and Were Extremely Wrong About

Now we are older and wiser! We can look back on our favorite toxic ships with compassion or horror or both.

The TV Team October 19, 2023 42 Comments
a staticky television with a bloody handprint on it and a stack of VHSs next to it with a blue AS logo
Movie Features TV Feature

Welcome to Horror Is So Gay 2: A Queer Sequel

It took me a while to arrive at my love of horror, but once I did, it felt as much a part of me as my queerness.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya October 8, 2023 6 Comments
Halloween TV Feature

How to DIY an “A League of Their Own” Halloween Costume

With some creativity and planning, you can put together a Rockford Peaches costume that’s fun and versatile.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya October 6, 2023 9 Comments
TV Feature

Very Special Gay Episode: Queen Latifah Was the Lesbian Fairy Godmother Holding Together Living Single’s Same-Sex Wedding

The iconic 90s sitcom is celebrating its 30th birthday this month, and there’s never been a better time to revisit how Queen Latifah was the glue that held its Very Special Gay Episode together.

Carmen Phillips September 28, 2023 12 Comments
Still from Vida. A wide shot of Mishel Prada pressing Michelle Badillo down on a table as she fucks her from behind.
Movie Features TV Feature

We Need More Sex Scenes

I want a Hollywood of intimacy coordinators and queerness and open sexuality — not exploitation, abuse, and secrecy.

Drew Burnett Gregory September 28, 2023 20 Comments
Gabby and Rachel in a promo for The Bachelorette, sitting in a red convertible throwing rose petals in the air
TV Feature

Gabby’s Tender Queerness and the Tragedy of Heterosexuality on The Bachelorette

What Gabby offers viewers is the compelling queer suggestion that women do not have to put up with toxic cishet masculinities and the heterosexuality they have on offer.

Ela Przybylo September 26, 2023 7 Comments
The gay, lesbian characters of Power on Starz, left to right and top to bottom: Jukebox (as a teenager), teen Jukebox kissing her first girlfriend, Claudia Flynn, adult Jukebox kissing her girlfriend, Claudia Flynn kissing a woman on dance floor, and Effie kissing her college girlfriend.
TV Feature

A Guide to Starz Smash Hit “Power” Book Universe (But Only the Gay Parts)

The first rule of the “Power” Book Universe on Starz is that there are no actual books, we’re working purely with aesthetics here. The second rule is that each “Power” spin-off is gayer than the last. Amen.

Carmen Phillips September 12, 2023 8 Comments
1. Addy and Beth in their cheerleading uniforms in Dare Me. 2. Brittany and Santana kissing in their cheerleading uniforms in Glee. 3. A cheerleader kissing a goth girl in Zolita's music video. 4. Jennifer Check in her cheerleading uniform in Jennifer's Body. 5. Kaia Gerber dancing in a cheerleading uniform in Bottoms. 6. Cheryl and Toni in their cheerleading uniforms in Riverdale.
Movie Features TV Feature

Stunt Queens: The History and Cultural Significance of the “Queerleader” in Film and Television

In honor of Bottoms, here are top queer cheerleader moments from film/TV.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya September 4, 2023 81 Comments
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