Aisha Tyler Plays Gay Again in “The Last Thing He Told Me”
Aisha Tyler plays Jennifer Garner’s gay best friend in an Apple TV+ miniseries about deception and family.
“Class of ’09” Features Sepideh Moafi and Kate Mara Flirting Over 3 Decades
The show eased a fear I didn’t realize I had by guaranteeing that the end of The L Word: Generation Q did not mean the end of Sepideh Moafi playing queer and looking at women like she wants to devour them.
Jinkx Monsoon’s New Comedy Special Is Wonderfully Weird
With “Red Head Redemption,” Jinkx finds something between her singular cabaret shows and more traditional stand-up.
Hannah Gadsby’s New Comedy Special Is a Hilarious, Feel Good Way To Spend an Hour
I love their more serious work, but I hope this new mix of levity is here to stay as well.
HBO’s “Somebody Somewhere” Is Middle-Age Queer Friendship and Hard-Won Hope
I’m one half of a Hallmark movie, if they made Hallmark movies about middle age lesbians.
“Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies” Can’t Go Both Ways
Rise of the Pink Ladies wants the privilege of deciding when and how questions of race matter, but that’s not how it works — not on a fictional television show where teenagers sing on cafeteria tables for fun, and not in life.
“Dead Ringers” Review: Rachel Weisz Playing Dysfunctional Twins in This Gory, Glorious Queer Nightmare Has Ruined Me
This series is the gold standard for how gender-swapping adaptations should function; it should feel intentional and be an additive and expansive choice, not mere surface-level detail.
Sex, Memories, and Queer Love Come Together in the Multiverse of Roku’s “Slip”
Yes, it gets gay, and not just like for a smidge of a second but for a whole episode!
“The Power” Gives the Upper Hand to the Girls, Gives Us the Gays
I’m delighted to report that there is not one, but two different storylines that involve LGBTQ+ characters in the TV adaptation of Naomi Alderman’s best-selling book.
Netflix’s Beef Is Very Stressful — It’s Also an Incredible Work of Art
Beef grapples with a lot of the same themes of sex, power, wealth, perception, and deception as the popular series White Lotus but does so with a lot more nuance — especially in its explorations of race — and a lot more creative ambition.
“Tiny Beautiful Things” Neglects Its Queer Storyline
Since television is a collaborative medium, changes to expand a story to include other identities and experiences are welcome. The problem with this series is it wants inclusivity without acknowledging how that changes its central narrative.
Let’s Check In on Riverdale’s Final Season, Set Inexplicably in the 1950s
On the show where anything goes, time travel gets complicated.
Mo’Nique Grapples With Her Queer Desires, Fear, and Coming Out In New Netflix Special
“So for you babies in the LGBTQ community, I want y’all to hear me. I respect every-motherfuckin’-body in here free enough to be their goddamn selves.”
Mae Martin’s “Sap” Is a Comedic Balm for a Difficult World
What I was feeling was genuine familiarity. What I was feeling all this time was seen.
“The Big Door Prize” Features a Middle Age Lesbian Mommi and Existential Promise
The Big Door Prize is a little bit Twilight Zone, a little bit Schitt’s Creek. Plus the incomparable Crystal Fox as a middle age lesbian mom and Mommi.
Daisy Jones & the Six Offers a Stunning Tribute to Black Queer Love, Freedom, and Disco
Bernie is a 1970s stud in the finest form. All eyelashes and a buttery voice that could make any femme blush. Simone never stood a chance.
Shadow and Bone Season 2 Is Epic and Queer, but Fails Its Sapphic Characters
If you thought season one of Shadow and Bone was ambitious in combining two beloved book series, Netflix has one message for you about season two: “Hold my mead.”
Class of ’07 Is the Perfect Appetizer to Pregame Yellowjackets Season 2
An apocalyptic event strands a group of reunited classmates and makes them revert right on back to their teen girl selves.
Queer Chef Kristen Kish’s “Restaurants At the End Of The World” Is Must-Watch Foodie TV
What makes the show really interesting is that Kristen doesn’t just sit, eat the food, and talk to the camera. She is in the kitchen cooking and creating with the owners and chefs.
SXSW 2023: Amazon’s “Swarm” Is Black & Bloody — AND THERE IS SOME LESBIANING GOING ON!
How far will you go for your favorite celebrity?