“I can’t think of a better metaphor for The L Word: Generation Q than Bette and Tina having a grand romantic gesture as new character — a new beloved fan favorite character, Gigi, is hit by a car.”

Four More Shots Please wants to broach serious issues relating to gender and sexuality but puts in no work to actually address them in any kind of meaningful way and opts for superficial declarations of feminism, instead.

“Hattie and Ida are… TOGETHER… IN MATCHING SWEATS… BADLY SINGING JODECI AND LAUGHING and if you saw a cuter lesbian moment on television this week, no you didn’t.”

Y’all ever heard of Ryan Wilder?

To live out a love that is healthy, queer, non-mongamous has been a source of deep personal transformation.

Styling Billie Holiday, styling lesbian scammers, every queer moment on The Simpsons, Cynthia Erivo joins the new anthology series from GLOW’s creators, and more!

“I had to learn to feel safe enough in my body that I was able to go rock climbing. And then climbing made my body feel like a safer place, and kind of taught me to take care of it.”

“The bisexual couch looks like a threat.”

An erotic witch comic, the new hot dating app keyword, why asexuality should be part of sex education and more.

A roundtable between four queer black writers about THEE show of the summer that united exceptional storytelling, with blackness and queerness and southernness, in ways we’ve never seen before.

Gottmik wants to show that trans people don’t have to be Barbie and Ken. Or, maybe, in her case, that trans men can be Barbie too.

Gird your loins, Bette and Tina are back in town! Meanwhile, Alice is getting cancelled, Finley and Carrie are walking up a moderate incline, Tess is dancing on her own, Shane’s got a big pitch, Sophie’s got a show to run and just like you, Dre loves Dani!

“When I was writing these women and their mothers, I wanted to show that these are individuals.”

Plus updates on Younger, All American, Ackley Bridge, Top Chef and Charmed.

Every once in the rarest while, an artist shows up on Broadway in possession of such exceptional talent — audiences start thinking about their future not in years but decades. Jagged Little Pill’s Lauren Patten and Moulin Rouge! The Musical’s Sonya Tayeh are such talents currently in the running for their first Tonys.

Even with a new administration in office, we continue living in Trumpland. Tony Zosherafatain and Chella Man excavate what Trump has revealed about anti-trans violence in this country — and the future trans people deserve.

There’s all-out bigotry, and there’s all-out triumph. At the center of the wave of anti-trans sports bills are trans kids who just want to play.

We might not come with a fancy in-person ceremony or physical trophies, but as mainstream awards continue to overlook groundbreaking LGBTQ+ series, we vitally fill a gap in the television awards pomp and circumstance.

I can guarantee there is something for everyone on this list of fall 2022 queer and feminist books, whether your jam is graphic novel fairy tales, memoirs about queer family, or anything in between.

The team digs into questions about a partner’s conservative family, dealing with a crush on a new friend, figuring out what to wear for your wedding (!!!), and more!