Results for: representation
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Queer Television Is About More Than Representation
Shayna Maci Warner talks about their new book The Rainbow Age of Television and hot TV topics from representation to the Killing Eve finale.
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‘Goosebumps: The Vanishing’ Brings Positive Queer Representation to a Younger Audience
Goosebumps is back with a spooky second season full of strange monsters, book references, and queer teens.
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“At Her Service” Is a Sweet Sapphic Romance With Crucial Lesbian Kickball Representation
Amy Spalding’s second book in the “Out in Hollywood” series centers on Max, a wee masc lesbian in Hollywood roped into a self-actualization scheme by her influencer roommate and most importantly to me, playing a lot of lesbian kickball.
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A Tribute to Patti Harrison, the Comedian Changing Trans Representation On-Screen by Being Fully Herself
Patti Harrison is a gift to trans women representation in media. But you know what benefits even more because of her presence? American comedy in general.
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I Want My Queer Representation To Be Messy — Even When it Comes to Real People
To believe in love means to believe in its failures and missteps, too.
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“Beyond the Aggressives” Has Arrived Just On Time For Black Trans Masc Representation
Beyond the Aggressives shows us how far we have come in terms of portraying trans masc people, but we still have such a long way to go.
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Representation Matters but I Didn’t Expect Bottoms To Take It So Far for Me
On discovering a doppelgänger in an unlikely place.
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Also.Also.Also: LGBTQ Film Representation Is Up But Studio Execs Need To Do Better Amid Strikes
Also, queer Arab culture and history, finding queer community while incarcerated, and more.
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Keah Brown on Her New Picture Book and the Importance of Disability Representation for Children
“I was excited to talk about rest for children, to talk about how even rest can be an adventure.”
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Never Have I Ever’s Queer South Asian Representation Is a Cop Out
The writers seem more interested in giving fans the pairing they wanted to see after season two rather than developing Aneesa as a nuanced character in her own right.
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Slow Takes: Lucy Dacus’ “Home Video” and the Representation of Specificity
Home Video isn’t universal. It’s not even universally queer. It’s solely and specifically Lucy Dacus.
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“The Boys” Season 2 Gets Meta About Lesbian and Bisexual Representation
Elena pushes back on all this, saying she doesn’t want to change how she dresses and that actually Maeve is bisexual, but they say that the term lesbian is “an easier sell” because it’s “more cut and dry.”
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As School Season Begins, Fight for Trans Representation in Public Libraries
The public library is in the unique position to pick up where public education leaves off—to succeed where public education fails. It’s time we start rethinking what a library can be.
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Mal Blum on Writing Music for “Trinkets,” Queer Representation, and the Trans Narratives of Bruce Springsteen
“Whether it’s the gay internet or a show like ‘Trinkets’ it makes it easier to be like maybe I’m not the one that’s wrong. Maybe everyone around me is wrong.”
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Coming Out Twice: On Being Gay and Asexual in a World Without Representation
Every asexual person has a moment when the recognition sets in. Those moments would come a lot easier if asexuality was more prominent in pop culture.
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Ruby Cruz Joins ‘The Sex Lives of College Girls’ and Shares Her Favorite Horror Movies
“I’m always down to contribute to more queer representation. Always down.”
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From ‘Calamity Jane’ to ‘Wicked’: A History of Queer Women in Movie Musicals
To celebrate the release of Wicked here is an exhaustive look at the representation of queer women in movie musicals.
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Dev Patel’s Blockbuster ‘Monkey Man’ Centers Trans Women in Its Radical Politics
“He needed to be reminded by fellow outsiders of who he was,” Patel told Variety. “And together they waged this war for the good and the just.”
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‘Southern Hospitality’ Is Steadily Becoming the Queerest Show on Bravo
Southern Hospitality’s new cast member Lake casually comes out, broadening the show’s LGBTQ representation.
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Trans Representation in YA Fiction Is Changing, But How Much?
We are in a crucial moment where we can change trans representation in YA and do it in a way that doesn’t leave anyone behind.