This week on The Real L Word, everybody cried because everybody hurts, sometimes.

It’s time for your tri-annual update on Shane’s whereabouts. Plus: James Franco talks gay rumors and sexuality with Playboy, Jane Lynch & wife Lara Embry do Vogue, Haviland Stillwell is on stage in LA, and Stephen Colbert does “It Gets Better.”

“Vampire sex on the bloody deathbed of a flapper wannabe who is still gushing from her neck?! This is why I watch this show, Allan! Thank you!” (and also: Nurse Jackie, Weeds, My Life on the D List, Intervention, Drop Dead Diva, 10 Things I Hate About You, Better off Ted, and TWO Hot Girls of the week)

“There are few things I hate more than highly public discussions of how testosterone changes your personality.”

Gays are really good at making really depressing movies, right?

“I wish I got to see it when I was younger because I don’t feel like I was exposed to very many queer characters.”

Screw World of Wonder, because King of Drag is here on Revry to carve its own path as the first drag king competition show.

“It was our way of subverting expectation, showing that lesbians are different kinds of people with their own relationship dynamics, even in the bedroom.”

Whitney Cummings is there to teach the queens about comedy which should’ve been the first sign that the roast would be rough.

Whether you’re single, recently dumped, in love, or somewhere in between, we’ve got Valentine’s Day lesbian movie recs for you!

Gen Zers who are tired of being “broke, single, and lonely” are drawn to the idea of a rebranded “lavender marriage” as a way to enjoy marriage’s practical benefits without all the sex and romance.

Best known by some as Cara Delevingne’s girlfriend, London-based songwriter Minke is using her experiences for her art.

Jenny stayed controversial ’cause her behavior didn’t demand universal like or dislike, and the dislike it prompted was real. Bette & Tina’s relationship does that too — there’s been interesting cases on both sides throughout the show’s run, often influenced by how much you personally relate and your feelings on monogamy, CORE values, etc.. Like Jenny, we consider Bette & Tina with nuance and personal subjectivity.

Your sister-in-law is being blatantly homophobic — IN JUNE — and your family’s mad that you’re mad about it. Also, we settle a debate for the ages: blinds open or closed for TV time?

Who thinks homosexuality is like alcoholism? Which queers are running for office in California? What the hell are the midterm elections anyhow? Why do the Republicans think they have this one in the bag? The answers to all these questions and more in Autostraddle’s official guide to the 2010 Midterm Elections.

Who could ever forget the first time they saw Chloë Sevigny’s butch Amy in If These Walls Could Talk 2?

In the last year a slew of movies have begun to presuppose, “What if queer women were out of their goddamn minds?” And that’s exactly what the musical genre needs.

“When you’re standing on the mountain, and been climbing it as long as I have, you can look back and say, ‘no baby, we’ve come a long way.'” I had the pleasure of talking to Ms. Warfield ahead of her triumphant return as Roz in tonight’s Night Court season finale.

“I was around the same age as young Ellie when ‘Contact’ came out. The way she so clearly carries her childhood self with her made adulthood legible; it made time seem like less of an unknowable straight line and something more like a circle. Watching it as an adult I have that same feeling.”

Everything from indie movies to docs to romance to horror and more — Tubi’s got lots of queer streaming options!