Instead of revealing Houston’s deeper emotionality, experiences, and relationships, the movie often feels like merely watching characters walk through a summary of her major live events.

In the ten years since Whitney Houston’s passing, one of the sweetest journeys to witness has been the purposeful reclaiming of her legacy by Black queer people.

“There’s a certain point of friendship at which it becomes a blood pact. Certain things, we take to the grave.”

“Call Your Girlfriend” is not just a song that holds up as a classic sad bop — but as a work of art that asks us to radically reimagine how we might uncouple ourselves from each other in gentler, more entangled ways.

Also! The problem with How I Met Your Father, why you shouldn’t write off Che Diaz, how Whitney and Robyn fell in love, and more!

Also! A premiere date for the SATC sequel, tATu is reuniting??, Jillian Mercado wants more joyful queer stories, wow people loves when Suranne Jones plays gay, and more!

An anti-trans legislative risk map Of 2022, mapping out police violence, and definitely more than anything — as we approach Parkland’s five year anniversary, keeping X González in our minds and hearts.

When the first trailer for The Equalizer dropped last month, it started off as a joke with my friends. First of all, none of us had made habits of watching a CBS procedural — until now. And all of us wanted to watch Queen Latifah beat up bad men for fun.

A solid half of these are romance, which is entirely unintentional — but you’re welcome if queer celesbian romance is your jam.

Chosen family, Ali Krieger and Ashlyn Harris, books!!!, flying monkeys, queer immigrants and DACA, sneaky sexism, and so much more! Real fun stuff!

Plus updates on our lesbian Survivor contestant, Vampire Academy, 9-1-1, Raising Kanan, American Horror Story, NCIS: Hawai’i, and The Equalizer.

Sex Education keeps getting better because it approaches storytelling the way it teaches us to approach sex — with curiosity, excitement, and a willingness to learn.

Last night, Ariana DeBose became the first openly queer woman of color to win an Academy Award for acting and the second openly queer woman to win. Here’s the complete history of queer women nominees for Acting Oscars!

Garnet’s the star of Cartoon Network’s new anti-racism PSAs, Gillian Anderson is FREAKING ME OUT in this The Crown trailer, how to watch Bly Manor without getting jump-scared, Shondaland has arrived on Netflix, and more!

We’ve got a queer Muslim punk rocker, new episodes of Feel Good and Genera+ion, FINALLY a Sapphic storyline on Elite and so much more streaming in Pride month.

And also updates on Station 19’s heartbreaking return, Harlem’s season finale, Fantasy Island, A Million Little Things, the Equalizer, The Rookie: Feds, The Watchful Eye, and Truth Be Told. It was a big week, get in here!

King Princess goes to Disney World, Amber Heard needs some ice, Lena Waithe and Robyn Crawford are epic, Samira Wiley and Margaret Atwood ham it up, Tessa Thompson bonds with a canine co-star and so much more!

I miss the rare fucking times of being in a room full of entirely queer people. Dancing and shouting together. Even the messy nights, the crying nights. So here’s how to turn your home into a hot gay club — with no bathroom lines! Playlist included!

In this week’s Batwoman recap, Ryan and Sophie’s inevitable journey from frenemies to lovers continues!

What’s new with LGBTQ characters on HBO Max, Amazon, Hulu and Netflix this month? Let’s find out together!