“It was like throwing a tennis ball at a wall and expecting it to bounce back but against all odds it gets stuck in the bricks.”

Masculine-of-center and tomboy representation on television has always been lacking, but it’s getting better. Let’s talk about our favorite TV tomboys and what TomboyX gear they’re most likely to have on.

“Jo’s trans identity was just another integral part of her character, and it developed very naturally — she was a leader, she was VERY passionate about being a Lumberjane, she was also trans.”

Where can I hang out with other queers in Portland? Is it okay that I was drunk when I filled out my A+ survey? Skins Fire: why? Why do straight people wear lesbian footwear? These questions of yours and more are answered in this here post.

Topics include Kristen Stewart tugging at the hem of her simple black sweatshirt, Laverne Cox, Anyone But Me, Dianna Agron’s lesbian tomboy turn and other stories from the present and future.

Stef and Lena finally decide to go to therapy on The Fosters, Gretchen kicks another guy in the nuts on Complications, and a lesbian bites it on Scream.

Plus Lena keeps not telling Stef about how her boss kissed her, and Doc Yewll is so unimpressed with the St. Louis arch comes crumbling down.

Also, Younger ended a fantastic first season and USA released the first 15 minutes of Complications.

16 shows, 26 confirmed queer characters. Plus, a downloadble PDF calendar with premiere dates!

Jane the Virgin, Arrow, and Grey’s Anatomy close out the TV season and ready us for the return of Orange Is the New Black.

Let us mourn our loss together: the whisper of a promise of a world we never knew.

We’re back with our weekly column about all the queer stuff that’s happening on television that we don’t have time to recap!

Glee is ending, The 100’s lead character is bisexual and awesome, Azealia Banks is naked, Clea DuVall is on This Just Out, Ilene Chaiken has a job, Brittani is on BET and all the other arts & entertainment news you need.

There were more queer female characters of color on TV in 2014 than the total number of queer female characters on TV, period, five years ago.

It was a pretty lame week for queer women on TV, but at least Kalinda and Lana were naked most of the time.

So, this article about the GLAAD “Where We Are on TV” report basically turned into an encyclopedia of LGBTQ female characters we’re gonna see in 2014-2015.

People all over the world are mobilizing to end street harassment, fight for sustainable food, address discrimination, and secure better representation in media.

Trans Day of Visibility is a time when we take notice of all the amazing trans people around us. Here are 15 ways you can let them know that you care about them and support them.

Let’s take a long hard look at who else got nominated for GLAAD Awards this year besides us, with a not-to-be-missed section from Mey about the Comic Book nominees.

Frank Ocean, studs and Big Tobacco all sit down to watch JLo’s new lesbian show on TV. What happens next?