Kickass Butch Batwoman and Even More Lesbian Witches: Everything You Need to Know From 2019 Network TV Upfronts
All your favorite returning queer shows, a few new ones to look out for, and finally a full Batwoman trailer.
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Pop Culture Fix: Ruby Rose’s Mouth Looks Great in Batwoman’s Outfit and Other Superheroic Dispatches
The CW really wants you to relax about Batwoman, Tessa Thompson covers Essence, Edie and Thea on Drunk History, so many queer trailers from NYCC, Desiree Akhavan’s The Bisexual is almost here, and oh so much more.
The Batwoman Comics You Need to Read Before Her New TV Show
Everything you need to know before her new TV show!
Pop Culture Fix: My Friends, Lesbian Ruby Rose Is Your Lesbian Batwoman and Other Stories
Out lesbian Ruby Rose is cast as The CW’s Batwoman, a star-studded roundtable with trans actors graces the cover of Variety, “Head Over Heels” hits Broadway, Hayley Kiyoko deserves to win all her VMAs and more!
Lesbian Batwoman Is Coming to TV, Will Be Played by a Real Live Lesbian!
Looks like Batwoman is going to break out of next year’s CW Arrowverse crossover with her own show!
Drawn to Comics: Marguerite Bennett Talks Batwoman, Representation and the Importance of Fallible Queer Heroes
I talked with Bennett about what it’s like being the first woman and the first openly queer woman to write a Batwoman solo title, what she hopes to bring to it, and what she hopes queer readers will get from the series.
Drawn to Comics: The 10 Best DC and Marvel Comics Featuring Women Superheroes
The top ten DC and Marvel comics — just in my opinion.
Drawn to Comics: Which DC Rebirth Comics Should You Check Out?
I’m definitely not saying that you should read all these comics, but these are the ones that I think will be your best shots for enjoying your weekly comics haul.
Batwoman Makes Her Surprisingly Gay (And Surprisingly Great) Animated Debut in “Batman: Bad Blood”
Look at Kate Kane, out on a date with Renee Montoya and fighting alongside Batman on TV like it’s no big deal.
Drawn to Comics: Last Year I Wished for 12 Things in Comics; Here’s What I Got
Let’s see how the year 2015 was for women in comics and what we can hope for in 2016 (I’m mainly hoping for more queer comics).
Drawn to Comics: DC Comics Bombshells Brings Queer Women-Led History
Don’t let its historical setting fool you; DC Comics Bombshells is giving us a preview of what the future can be for female characters’ roles in superhero comics.
DC Comics Steps Up Its LGBTQ Representation with Batgirl, Harley and Ivy, Renee Montoya and More!
The Batgirl creative team makes changes to fix their transphobic mistakes, Harley and Ivy are confirmed as a couple, and DC has more queer heroes than ever before!
Drawn to Comics: Twelve Things I’m Hoping for In Comics in 2015
All I want this year is more representation, better representation, the return of some of my faves and about nine other things.
Drawn to Comics: We Need to Talk About the Rape in Batwoman
A lot of Batwoman fans (and to be honest, a lot of comic fans overall) were worried when the creative team of W. Haden Blackman and J.H. Williams III left the book after DC refused to allow them to have Kate Kane (Batwoman) marry her longtime girlfriend, police detective Maggie Sawyer. Now, it looks like those fears were completely justified.
Gift Guide: Lesbian Superheroes (And Other Comic Stuff for Queer Lady-Types)
What’s cooler than being a superhero? Lesbian Superhero! I said, what’s cooler than being a superhero? Lesbian Superhero! Alrightalrightalrightalrightalrightalrighalright.
GLAAD Awards Nominees Include OITNB, Tegan & Sara, That Long French Movie About Lesbian Sex, Batwoman
Let’s take a long hard look at who else got nominated for GLAAD Awards this year besides us, with a not-to-be-missed section from Mey about the Comic Book nominees.
DC Hires an Openly Gay Writer for Batwoman to Appease Audiences
Its certainly been one hell of a week for DC’s PR team. (Emphasis on hell.)
Batwoman Creative Team Quits After DC Editors Prohibit Planned Lesbian Marriage
“With their decision to prohibit not only Batwoman’s marriage, but also several other character developments, it seems like DC has gone too far.”
Let’s Talk About Fictional Kickass Heroines: Katniss, Xena, Buffy and More
Here at Autostraddle, we love kickass women. We’re presenting a list of 20 of our favorite kickass fictional heroines as a way to jumpstart this feelingsfest and leaving the rest up to you!
Supergirls Like Us: Batgirl’s Alysia Yeoh Is Trans
“It’s important not just to have characters that challenge ideas about gender and sex, but to also have them in realistic settings.”