Results for: queer parenting
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Why Did We Love “Grease” So Much As Gay Children?
“I see the dichotomies of Good Sandy v. Bad Sandy as something specifically magnetic for little baby gays, too, even if we were too baby to fully unpack that.”
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“Better Than Chocolate” Turns 20, Remains the Only Movie Where a Trans Woman Has a Lesbian Friend Group
“My favorite moment in the movie happens during the climax when one of the skinheads punches Judy. She punches him back. He calls her a dyke. And she says thank you.”
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Outfest 2019: “Bit” Is a Trans Teen Vampire Romp About Lesbian Separatism
Anyone who watches Supergirl knows just how talented Nicole Maines is and she carries this movie with ease. She’s so casually present on screen and she absolutely kills a one-liner.
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“Ek Ladki” Is the First Bollywood Lesbian RomCom — but the Lesbians Fall Flat
Why did this movie tank so hard that it was almost immediately out of theaters in America? Why did this not get the coverage or accolades it deserved for being the first mainstream Bollywood movie about a lesbian relationship?
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Thirsty Classics: “Mädchen in Uniform” is the Original Thirsty Classic
Remembering that queer people have always been here, and have always been hot, is a necessity if we want our present and future to be truly queer.
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Monsters & Mommis: Three Trips to Hill House
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.
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Mindy Kaling’s “Late Night” Is a Rom-Com for Women Who Are in Love With Their Careers
Queer director Nisha Ganatra brings Kaling’s funny, biting, meta-critiquing script to life like a bright, slick, dazzling rom-com for women who fantasize more about their careers than they do about Mr. Darcy.
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15 LGBT Documentaries on Kanopy, Free Streaming Film Goldmine
Not all libraries have Kanopy access, but if yours does, you are hot to trot, my friend. Much like the subjects of the documentary about same-sex ballroom dancing, Hot to Trot, discussed within! Just a little LGBT documentary humor for you.Â
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“Booksmart” Pushes Teen Comedies and Lesbian Movies to Hilarious New Heights
Booksmart honors, skewers, and completely transcends every genre it’s a part of.
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“Lez Bomb” Is a Lesbian Comedy of Errors and Coming Out Story, Wrapped in a Family Holiday Film
Queering heteronormative tropes is certainly my favorite way to spend Thanksgiving.
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11 Tomboys and Weird Girls From 90/00s Movies I Loved as a Kid
In the late 90s and early 00s, I was an awkward, shy, and nerdy girl so I naturally gravitated to girls in films that were… different, like me.
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“The Miseducation of Cameron Post” Director Desiree Akhavan Makes Queer Women’s Movies Because She Just Loves Queer Women
“I want to prove that money can be made off of women’s sexual stories. It’s not just a queer thing. It’s about women receiving pleasure, and giving pleasure. It’s still completely taboo.”
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“The Miseducation of Cameron Post” Is a Hopeful, Hilarious, Heartbreaking Lesbian Coming-of-Age Story
“There’s no male gaze in this movie, none whatsoever. Desiree Akhavan is a queer woman and her screenplay co-writer Cecilia Frugiuele is a queer woman too. It matters.”
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For a Movie That’s Not Gay, “Incredibles 2” Sure Is Gay
Don’t go just for the gay subtext, but if you do go I guarantee you’ll see it.Â
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8 Fascinating Facts About Bisexual Legend Colette That You Should Know Before Keira Knightly’s Biopic
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.
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“Blockers” Is Shockingly Sex-Positive, Feminist and Gay
Who’d have guessed?
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“Hearts Beat Loud” is the Quirky, Queer Rom-Com We All Deserve
When was the last time a motion picture centered itself on the premise that a teenage, mixed race, black lesbian is worthy of support and love from everyone surrounding her? It’s simple and tender and because of those things it’s groundbreaking.
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Shall We Talk About This Extremely Gay Scene From “Shall We Dance” (2004)?
I was just a closeted teen lesbian, wishing on every star in the galaxy that I could one day waltz with Jennifer Lopez!
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Autostraddle Roundtable: We Love Documentaries
These are the documentaries that changed our lives and/or made us better people and/or entertained us. Maybe you’ll like them too!
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101 Disney Channel Original Movies, Ranked by Lesbianism
Whether your first girl crush was on Kim Possible (or Shego), Vanessa Hudgens, Raven Symone, the girl from Motocrossed or Demi Lovato, we all remember these movies as having way more queer lady content than Disney probably ever intended to put in there.