Despite its commitment to the realities of queer Asian American experience, immigrant experience, and lesbian motherhood experience, The Wedding Banquet is less the indie dramedy of the original and more the rare gift of a big queer comedy.

Racquel, Hot Mel, Erin, and Abe head to The Bush in Brooklyn.

Dream with me, if you will. It’s the mid-1960s, and you and your queer friends are looking for some place to go to meet others like you when you hear rumors about a members-only club called Gateways tucked away in a hidden corner of the city.

A queer woman owning a string of porn movie theaters is absolutely fascinating. Why does this documentary ignore the most interesting parts?

How social media is a lie, how to dress for a Catholic wedding, and is that girl who’s currently in a relationship into you?

It’s Banned Books week. We can do our part and get reading.

Somewhere in between thrifting 50 floral print hankies and meeting with the queer chef who is catering my wedding, I realized that I had to actually… figure out what I wanted my wedding ceremony to look like.

Plus updates on 9-1-1, Good Trouble, A Million Little Things, Station 19, Survivor, The Power, and Grey’s Anatomy!

New Samantha Irby! New Leah Johnson! Get excited for these upcoming LGBTQ+ and feminist book releases, and support queer authors this spring.

Finley’s Mom crashes a Thanksgiving episode with a spread that includes a Turkey Trot, a magic disappearing engagement ring, toxic Pumpkin Spice, alleged sexting and warm wine in a go-cup!

In China, “transformative change” is observed when two teenage girls, one with a “masculine hairstyle,” kissed on the subway “in an unmistakably romantic way.” Meanwhile in the US, someone’s son wants to wear a dress, someone else’s son comes out every day and pro-gay-bullying organization feels bullied. Kids these days!

Glenn Beck and Ann Coulter have gone rogue on the Hatred of Gay People issue, and other conservative groups are Very Upset about it. What goes into the making of a conservative who just kind of feels whatever about gays? We check Google News, look at the Jennifer Keeton case (we won!) and make an informed report – and consider the possibility that maybe The Facts sometimes win.

Vampires, magic, forbidden romance, unlikely friendship, and endless shipping potential abound in Vampire Academy.

Plus updates on The Chi, For All Mankind, Only Murders in the Building, Roswell, and American Horror Stories.

And about being the parent of a trans kid.

The stay on same-sex marriages in California has been extended at least until December. Take a deep breath and hold on tight.

11. Are You There, Marriage? It’s Me, Disenfranchised Gay Person

I will always believe that homoerotic criminals are far queerer than explicitly gay cops.

Hollywood’s transphobia is no match for the shot of adrenaline that is finally being out to yourself and the world.

GLAAD told CBS it didn’t have enough homos on its channel, and so CBS is gonna make some more homos. Hopefully it’ll be those guys on “Two and a Half Men.”