Stroking an Animal is an arthouse movie that reflects the messiness of real queer lives.

For every award-winning trans movie made largely by people who don’t know anything about us, there’s a good movie made with an understanding of us or — GASP! — actually made by us.

The new Prime Video / Freevee Christmas movie “Exmas” is a stirring tribute to the power of turtlenecks in Minnesota with a lesbian character who should be the star but unfortunately she isn’t because heterosexuality rules the world.

We’ve got a new polyamorous pansexual dating reality show, Keke Palmer voicing a queer alien doctor, the second season of Vigil starring Surrane Jones as a lesbian and more!

Everything from indie movies to docs to romance to horror and more — Tubi’s got lots of queer streaming options!

“I’ve certainly talked more about my personal life in the last six months than I have in my entire life. But, you know, I was always out as a lesbian to friends and family. I never thought it was of much interest until we made this movie.”

We’ve got Rachel Weisz as a lesbian obstetrician in a psychosexual thriller! A bisexual daughter in “Tiny Beautiful Things”! Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies! Maria Bello as a lesbian billionaire in A24’s “Beef” series! And honestly this time… so much more.

No one is a villain and no one is wrong. It’s just often the natural progression of these kinds of relationships where people don’t talk things out.

We are watching these three artists create drama together — which definition of drama is unclear.

Dani Janae talks to Tribeca Film Festival programmers, Lucy Mukerjee and Shakira Refos, on the importance of investing in queer artists and audiences.

We believe that the best lesbian movies rank among the very best movies, period.

Look, when a character takes a strap-on out of her backpack in the middle of a sex scene you know you’re in good hands.

R#J is gay because Romeo and Juliet are a canon U-Hauling Cancer for Cancer lesbian couple.

I swear the Blockbuster cashiers knew I was gay before anyone else in my life.

The fact is most of the films about us — and especially the films by us — do not get the attention they deserve. But nobody is better equipped to tell our stories than we are.

From the producers who brought you Carol and the studio that brought you Disobedience and the actor who brought you undisputed lesbian coming-of-age story Bend It Like Beckham comes a new film about the French writer/bisexual icon Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette.

Also, of course: Who really killed Jenny Schecter?

Watch Bessie. Do it for the moments of bisexual badassery. Do it for the love of the blues. But goddammit, watch Bessie because her legacy is an important part of our history as queers in this world.

In which I interview Valerie Weiss about her new film, Losing Control, and bringing women in science to the masses.

Intern Grace’s Team Pick: I am obsessed with how completely awful this movie is. I love it.