As The Haunting of Hill House has found new life across decades, the queerness has become more explicit yet less important to the overall work.

“What is the gayest strain of weed?”

Behold! Our seasonal list of every single TV show — new and returning — featuring a queer or trans woman character!

For many black Americans, the South holds a bittersweet place in our heart; as much home as sorrow, as much ghostly as ancestral. Detangling our history is harder than detangling our hair — the webs of our lineage weave back and forth through time and space. Despite all the South has put my people through, it calls to me.

Plus updates on All American, Legacies, and Nancy Drew!

Thomas: I remember hearing that there was a trans character named Max, and that he gave birth and that possibly he was inspired by my actions.
Riese: A hundred percent, he was inspired by you.
Carly: A thousand percent.

John: Could you imagine you and Dylan just got done cunnaling-ing together, you’re in bed, the California sun is basking on you. And then you turn to Dylan and you’re like, “We have to get up so we can go to Max’s Willy Wonka baby shower.” That’s the thing you interrupt with.

The end of Alice’s season one arc will make you cry, in such a good way, the way The Fosters always did. Plus, the return of The Men Are Trash (But Sometimes Not) Leaderboard!

Let 2020 be the year we figure out what we actually need, and let’s scheme and dream about how we’re gonna achieve it.

“top 10 things you shouldn’t say to your girlfriend”

The theme for the first issue is Seasons of a Dyke. Deadline to submit is Thursday, 8/15. See what it’s all about!

The USWNT is here, queer, ready to rumble; one of the internet’s most beloved TV critics comes out as a trans woman; Miss Major recounts Stonewall; more lesbians are suing Trump; and more!

In her life, Debbie Friedman did not want to be defined by her sexuality, but there’s something that feels queer about her music. The hidden history, the lyrics about liberation and joy, and, yes, a whole lot about women dancing with timbrels.

When I do hear Springsteen’s “4th of July, Asbury Park,” I won’t long for something I never had because I was born too late. I’ll let the song wash over me gently, wistful for all the people I knew who made the best of bad luck down the shore.

Is it a “friend” coffee or a “date” coffee, unemployed and feeling unmoored, negotiating initiating intimacy in a relationship with two people on the asexual spectrum, you feel like your best friend is making questionable dating decisions, grooming your armpit hair, taking a break from therapy, you’ve never been in a long-term relationship, trying to exist outside of capitalism, possible pelvic floor concerns — and more!

Emma and Mariana Fake It but in a funny way, Killjoys gives Syfy another canon queer ship, and Odd Mom Out gets gay in the beaver exhibit at the Natural History Museum.

“Potato is always looking for dog sitters and play dates, feel free to slide into her DMs ;)”

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!

A hot take: processing literally everything all the time is not only *not good*, it is actually *bad*!

Also, Aisha Hinds is going to break your heart on 911. Plus updates on HTGAWM, Legacies, S.W.A.T., and the finale of American Horror Story: 1984.