Results for: representation
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10 Times Things Went Well But Also Very Badly For Lesbians on Rooftops
“It’s a real mark of our collective queer delusion that everyone tries to forget how weird it is when serial roof marauder Piper Perabo climbs on top of her car to screech about wankers over the standstill of London traffic.”
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HBO Max’s “Veneno” is the Television Masterpiece Trans Icon Cristina La Veneno Deserves
For me, what makes the show so unique are the moments Valeria spends with Cristina and Paca and all the other trans women around them. It’s watching this cross-generational support among trans women that’s so important for us but so rarely portrayed on screen.
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“To L And Back: Generation Q Edition” Podcast Episode 303: Quiz Show
“As someone who’s never actually been in a throuple, I do think that throuples could solve most problems on television.”
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Autostraddle March Madness: Canon vs. Fanon – Grown
In the spirit of continuing to make Autostraddle March Madness more interactive, I’ve reached out to some fanfic writers to offer their thoughts on what makes their favorite subjects worth shipping.
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The Best 2020 TV Shows With LGBTQ Women and Non-Binary Characters
Autostraddle’s TV Team shares our picks for the best TV shows of 2020 featuring girls, gays and theys.
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January 2021: What’s New and Gay To Stream
What’s new and queer this month on streaming networks? We’ve got a new season of Dickinson, a Fran Lebowitz special, Anna Pacquin as a hot bisexual mess in Flack, Root and Shaw, a movie called “So My Grandma’s a Lesbian!” and so much more!
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Scarlet Screens: The Fallen Tracee and Sex Industry Labor Rights in “The Sopranos”
In the first essay in Scarlet Screens, we look at the “University” episode of the Sopranos, where Ralphie murders Tracee. We explore the labor conditions at the Bada Bing Club, Tony’s “humanity,” and how violence against sex workers is used as plot point.
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“RuPaul’s Drag Race” Episode 1303: Will Denali Take Me Ice Skating?
I have a pattern of hyperfixating on certain queens. Maybe it’s a talent crush, maybe it’s a crush crush, maybe a talent crush IS a crush crush because what’s more crushable than talent??
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Naya Rivera Is Dead at 33, Glee Star’s Body Recovered from Lake Piru After 6-Day Search
Naya Rivera was a firecracker, a superstar, a singular talent who simply could not be relegated to the background.
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As a Queer South Asian, “Never Have I Ever” Been So Let Down
The reason I didn’t like “Never Have I Ever” wasn’t because I didn’t feel seen. It’s because Mindy Kaling and I are clearly looking at the same world, but Kaling is expecting me to overlook all of its pain.
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Boobs on Your Tube: Binge “Filthy Rich” and This Tawdry Christian Gay Love Affair Is Yours
Plus updates on “Station 19” and both seasons of “Coroner,” get in here!
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To L and Back: Generation Q Podcast 307: Messy Breakups and Bowling the Long Game
Definitely by the end of the night, if no one says, “You shouldn’t be single anymore. This isn’t working for the rest of us,” then I didn’t break up properly.
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Boobs on Your Tube: Teddy Faces Her Bisexual Past on “Grey’s Anatomy,” Is There Hope for a Bisexual Future?
Plus: updates on BET’s A Christmas Lottery, S.W.A.T, and brand new first-look photos from Batwoman!
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“To L and Back” Generation Q Podcast Episode 207: Light
“I’ve been very precious about getting my hair wet but I would get my hair wet to kiss Gigi in the rain.”
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Boobs on Your Tube: Our Gay Hearts May Break, But They Mend Again, Such Is the Way of Shondaland
We’re jam packed with no less than 8 (!!!) queer tv recaps for you! Including: That heart wrenching rollercoaster on Station 19, 911, All Rise, Top Chef, Charmed (guest starring Ali Liebert!), Legacies, Nancy Drew and you know how everyone was streaming Jupiter’s Legacy last weekend? Well, there’s some gays in there too!
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HBO Max’s British Dramedy “Pure” Is the First Time I’ve Seen My OCD On-Screen
By pairing a visceral portrayal with thorough descriptions of OCD, “Pure” becomes a teaching tool as well as a delightful dramedy. It’s also just a really good and gay story about a 20-something trying to figure out how to be a good person.
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“To L And Back: Generation Q Edition” Podcast Episode 301: Last Year
“I would follow Kehlani to Narnia, to a gambling ring. Really to anywhere.”
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“The Chi” Season Three: Easy on the Eyes as a Queer Woman, Hard on the Heart as a Black Woman
With a total of five lesbian, bisexual, queer and trans Black women characters in the main cast, Lena Waithe’s “The Chi” certainly made history this summer. But did making “The Chi” gayer turn it into a better show?
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My Top 10 Television Shows: Drew Gregory
“This show gives me permission to be the person I am and the artist I want to become.”
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I Remain A “Catfish” Queer: On Love, The Midwest, and What We Think We Deserve
“Catfish has been serving diverse, bittersweet queer representation for almost a decade and it seems like nobody notices.”