The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences — like Hollywood itself, and mainstream TV criticism — continues to be dominated by a voting block of mostly straight white men. So, for the first time ever, we’ve decided to host our own Autostraddle TV awards to coincide with the Emmys.

Ten thousand reader votes later…

“Play to everyone’s culinary strengths, know your nemeses, and make sure all your guests are familiar with poison-free alternatives to food with poison in them.”

Behind-the-scenes pics from teevee shows with queer storylines, from “Ellen” to “Orange is the New Black” to “Buffy” to “Pretty Little Liars” to absolutely everything in between. You’re gonna love it, we promise.

We’re finally using that plus one to a wedding! This week we’re stripping down lesbian TV couples in their finest! Style like Brittana, Sharmen, Talice, Fiona & Imogen and the Moms from The Fosters!

2017 somehow turned out to be the best year ever for lesbian and bisexual women on television — but we’ve still got a ways to go.

“Faking It” seems to really be going for the cold when it comes to representing every letter in the LGBTQIA umbrella at least a little bit — here are 17 other shows who’ve presented a spectrum of identities.

We’ve finally arrived at a place where we have enough queer characters on TV to fight about them. What a time to be alive!

Orange Is the New Black, The Fosters, Sense8, Pretty Little Liars, Glee, and more!

“Where We Are On TV” has some promising and not-so-promising numbers for queer women on the teevee, and also raises some questions about how we quantify “representation” in the first place for all groups.

The history of lesbian weddings on TV: parents refusing to attend, wild ’90s hats, untimely deaths, a weed brownie rave on the Eiffel Tower, an impromptu prison wedding, the union of two solo gems and so much more.

“Everyone is going to want to have orgies after this.”

Queer women’s television has grown significantly in recent years. Still, we’ve watched our best continue to be sidelined by a straight white male majority that won’t pay attention to queer stories, women’s stories, stories about people of color. Well, no more my friends!

The DRAMA and Sci-Fi and Baby Gays and International regions finally collide!

How will you ever choose?!

Here’s part two of the first round of QUEER KISSING MARCH MADNESS!

Forget your ridiculous national championships, Natalie’s on a search to crown the best first on-screen kiss.

So many gays in superhero suits and space!

Over 30,000 votes later! Here are your winners and our critic’s picks!

Here’s your in-depth look at all the numbers on lesbian, bisexual and queer television representation in 2018. Spoiler alert: it got better?