My Top 10 Television Shows: Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya
One thing that does unite every show on this list is that each of them came into my life at the exact right time and also all influence my own writing in some way.
buffy the vampire slayer
The 100 Best Lesbian, Bisexual and Queer Sci-Fi and Fantasy Shows of All Time
Vampires and zombies and spaceships and swords and clones and superpowers and ghosts and time-travel, oh my!
From Willow to Waverly: A Decade of Being Out and Me and Queer TV
“I remember little moments so vividly — like Ashley kissing Spencer on the shoulder while they looked in the refrigerator for something to eat. This is what I wanted. And I wasn’t afraid of wanting it anymore.”
10 Iconic Buffy Summers Outfits and What Dates with Faith I’ve Decided She Should Wear Them To
“It’s important to demonstrate interest in your partner’s passions even if you don’t share them, and Buffy’s passion is for wearing knee-high boots with skirts.”
16 of the Best Lesbian and Bisexual Dance Scenes in TV History
Sometimes you just wanna feel the heat with somebody who loves you.
Autostraddle March Madness — Best Coming Out: Baby Gays
The Baby Gays have been revealed! You have 48 hours to vote for your favorites!
The 25 Best Lesbian and Bisexual Dates in TV History
How about a little Valentine’s Day inspiration from your favorite fictional couples?
15 Times Your Favorite TV Characters Dressed as Your Favorite Feminist Icons for Halloween
Nakias and Supergirls and Wonder Women, oh my!
Buffy’s Silent Episode Was an Elegy for Its Gays
It’s no accident that one of the first major lesbian relationships in television history began in an episode where no one was able to talk.
The Top 12 Lesbian and Bisexual TV Fever Dreams
Fan service and character development and sex sex sex, oh my!
TV Team Roundtable: Seeing Our Baby Gay Selves in Our Favorite Baby TV Gays
“I felt connected to her on a deep level — she is the only girl I’ve written an entire zine about — but wasn’t ready to really engage with it.”
Monday Roundtable: The Ships We’d Still Go Down With
Here are the queer lady ships that made us/destroyed us; what are yours?
“Buffy, It’s Cold Outside” Is the Gayest Holiday Classic Since “Carol”
On this week’s Buffering the Vampire Slayer, Kristin Russo and Jenny Owen Youngs have rewritten the lyrics to “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” as “BUFFY, IT’S COLD OUTSIDE.”
The Earth Is Not Doomed: A Weekend With Kristin Russo and Jenny Owen Youngs
I followed Kristin and Jenny at FlameCon, New York City’s gay comic con, as they spread their love for Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the LGBTQ community to everyone they met.
9 90s TV Lady Crushes Who Changed My Life for the Gayer
Let’s take a Skip-It down memory lane and explore my 9 most influential telecrushes from the 90s.
(Almost) Every Piece of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” 20th Anniversary Merch, Preemptively Reviewed
A rundown of all the things you can celebrate the 20th anniversary of Buffy by buying.
Once More With Feeling: A “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” 20th Birthday Roundtable
Buffy is a queer rite of passage. Everybody’s got a Buffy story. These are some of ours.
10 Costume-Within-A-Costumes for Halloween Inspired by Your Fave Female TV Characters
Costume advice from someone who takes Halloween costumes way too seriously!
Rejoice, For Kristin Russo and Jenny Owen Youngs Have A Podcast About Buffy the Vampire Slayer
It’s called Buffering the Vampire Slayer and there’s gonna be original song recaps in each episode. It’s true!
Lesbian Kisses On American TV: The Definitive History Of Everybody Freaking Out Over Nothing
We’ve come so far since same-sex kisses on television only happened once in a show’s entire run, rarely involved lesbian or bisexual characters and generally were obscured by somebody’s hair!