Being an almost-but-not-dead gay woman on a TV show will really force you to sort out your priorities.

Autostraddle walks you through the entire history of trans female characters on American television from 1965-2015.

“These lawmakers don’t say that they’re trying to address a problem that actually exists, but instead are supporting the bill in order to fight off transgender boogeymen that live only in their heads.”

Monty tells Lena she didn’t prey on a female student, while the female student continues to insist that she did.

Stef and Lena keep not telling their kids that Stef has cancer.

From Ali Adler to Nahnatchka Khan to Ilene Chaiken to three different women named “Liz,” you might not recognize their faces, but you’ll definitely recognize their work.

The creator of Clarissa Explains It All has published some fan fiction about her grown-up life. Plus: An essay on what fandom can mean to women in their 30s, some witchy story recommendations, answers to your TV questions, and a fic news round up!

“i swear to god i thought hanna was about to come out in this episode” – Forever Intern Grace

Need help flirting “in a way that’s subtle enough to fly over a straight girl’s head, but be picked up on by LBPQ woman?” Read on!

It’s official: Jane the Virgin is the best! Plus, an update on our queer contestant on Top Chef and some rundowns of a handful of webseries you should be watching during the winter TV hiatus.

“That’s some Garnier Fructis hair.”

“Do you think Putin is upset that we did not include “Vladimir” in this list? It is a pretty lesbian name.”

“We wrote more obituaries for murdered trans women in 2015 than TV recaps for any single show we cover.”

In honor of our seventh birthday, we’re talking about the writing we’re proud of, the writing that scared us, the writing we regret, the writing coming up soon and so many other fascinating things!

Everyone: ALI NO
Ali: ALI YES

The recap in which I realize everything that’s wrong about the fact we’re only watching this show for the queers and not the content.

Amazon releases Transparent early, Lucy Lawless is lesbian-ing again, Carmilla bids adieu to season zero, and Pippy and TMI almost break up on Rosewood.

Here’s another episode in which the Liars find themselves lying.

While we await new episodes of our favorite regular season shows, we thought it would be a good time to address the thing you really care about: Which lesbian/bisexual TV characters would be the best to U-Haul with?

Annalise can’t stop dreaming about little Wes-shaped babies on HTGAWM, Meredith faces ANOTHER traumatic disaster on Grey’s Anatomy, and Clarke and Lexa begin their post-fealty lives.