It’s your weekly queer TV round-up, with wee-caps on Hightown, All American, New Amsterdam. NCIS: Hawai’i, Legacies, Queens and Nancy Drew!

It’s like spending 90 minutes inside a fever dream a Kristin Wiig ’80s sketch character might have if she got high inside some kind of Mars Cheese Castle/Dylan’s Candy Bar co-op. And I loved it. 

It was a banner year for queer horror! Plus, fantasy, historical fiction, memoir, nonfiction, YA, middle grade, poetry picks — and so much more!

Willam: They said, “Mia, go get a piece of the stage, and just really gnaw at it. No, chew harder, honey. You can chew harder. No, this is the last season. We don’t even need these sets anymore. Chew it up, baby. Chew it.”
Carly: Yeah, who cares? “Chew it up. Spit it out.”
Willam: And Mia chewed the fuck out of it.

Kate Kane created Batwoman and the symbol that goes along with the mantle; but right here, Ryan proves exactly why she IS Batwoman.

“My next note on this scene is, “I literally screamed in this hotel room,” which is true.”

In light of last week’s anti-Asian racist murders in Atlanta, this week’s episode — which features Alice continuing to battle against Asian stereotypes in her diversity comedy program — just hit different.

“She was dykin’ in Brooklyn for years, even when she was with Stan’s cheating ass.”

It’s because of the support of A+ members that we are able to take our time writing queer essays about the stories of our culture that matter, instead of fighting with corporate overlords and Google.

Sara and Ava lead the team on a sitcom-themed adventure to prove that representation matters by way of saving Behrad’s favorite show.

Plus updates on Burden of Truth, The Republic of Sarah, and Motherland: Fort Salem.

We bring you for the first time the first time the A+ Community Bookshelf: a crowdsourced project where A+ members can share the LGBTQ book recs that they want the rest of the A+ community to know about.

Theres been a lot of hate for “hard pants” lately…

It’s impossible to forget a feeling like sitting on the bleachers watching Floriane swim. It’s impossible to forget the drowning.

“I am 100% buying this book with the money my homophobic aunt and uncle gave me for the holidays!”

In the Batwoman season 2 finale, Ryan embraces her power, Luke embraces his legacy, and Kate embraces Sophie.

Can Autostraddle investigate this question with journalism and/or science??

There’s nothing inherently more lesbian about watching two famous cishet Rachels playact queerness than watching a nonbinary drag queen kiss the shoulder of a trans woman drag queen.

Some of the best gay covers from new artists and also your faves including Tracy Chapman, Brandy Carlile, Tayla Parks, Me’Shell NdegéOcello, kd Lang, Joan Jett, Halsey and Santana Lopez.

Ginny & Georgia has a very typical teenage dating story but made it queer, just for us.