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“Harley Quinn” Season 2: Harley and Ivy Ride Off Into The Sunset in Canonical Bisexual Love

There’s nothing gayer than falling in love with your best friend, which is why it’s endlessly bizarre and frustrating that we hardly ever see it happen on TV.

By Heather Hogan| June 29, 2020 | 9 Comments
Television

Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy are Finally Getting the On-Screen Romance They Deserve in DC Universe’s Animated Series

Your move, Birds of Prey 2!

By Heather Hogan| April 16, 2020 | 6 Comments
Geekery

Exclusive: Carly Usdin’s “Heavy Vinyl” Is Getting a New Original Graphic Novel!

Your favorite music store gal pals/secret fight club are returning!

By Heather Hogan| July 5, 2019 | 4 Comments
Geekery

Here’s an Exclusive First Look at Gaby Dunn’s New Graphic Novel, “Bury the Lede”

“An incisive and insightful psychological thriller where the relationship between the two female protagonists — a journalist and a murder suspect — is fraught with lies and complicated truths from the very beginning.”

By Heather Hogan| March 12, 2019 | 4 Comments
work for a million comic book art: helen smoking a cigarette in workmans clothes, a silhouette of a woman singing into a microphone behind her
Geekery

Helen Keremos, Pulp Fiction’s First Dyke Detective, Is Getting Her Own Graphic Novel

The jeans, the belt, the button-up; her sunglasses, her hair, the way she leans. The dyke energy coming off her is unmistakable.

By Heather Hogan| February 8, 2019 | 5 Comments
Geekery

Carly Usdin’s “Avant-Guards” Is the Women’s Basketball Comic Book You’ve Been Waiting for Since Before You Knew You Were Gay

Welcome to the Georgia O’Keefe College of Arts and Subtle Dramatics!

By Heather Hogan| January 25, 2019 | 11 Comments
Hothead... "fuckin' what???" tell us, how does one become a homicidal lesbian terrorist? How does one NOT YOU ASSHOLE? What fucking planet did you grow up on?!?
Herstory

Revisiting “Hothead Paisan: Homicidal Lesbian Terrorist” in a World Needing Her More Than Ever

Despite her early resonance, Hothead Paisan has faded from lesbian and queer cultural memory. Today we’re bringing her back.

By Maddy| January 3, 2019 | 31 Comments
Books

20 of the Best LGBTQ Graphic Novels of 2018

From memoirs to how-to’s to love stories to sports to space, 2018 was another brilliant year for graphic novels written by queer people about queer people.

By Heather Hogan| December 27, 2018 | 11 Comments
Geekery

“Goddess Mode” Is The Cyberpunk Magical Girl Comic of My Dreams and Also My Reality

I absolutely adore all parts of this comic because all elements of it perfectly straddle two tones. The first, a serious critique of actual modern issues of socially applied technology and the second, something we’re all in serious need of these days: a good gay romp.

By A.E. Osworth| December 24, 2018 | 1 Comment
Geekery

The Gayest Comic Books from 2018 NYCC

From the McElroys to Zoë Quinn and Tina Horn to the random guy that tries to make me buy his titty comics, I ask everyone how gay their shit is.

By A.E. Osworth| October 9, 2018 | 10 Comments
Film

“Captain Marvel” Trailer: Carol Danvers’ Outfits, Ranked by Lesbianism

I mean, I know basically every woman was dressed gay in the ’90s, all that leather and flannel and everything, but Carol Danvers’ wardrobe is next level.

By Heather Hogan| September 18, 2018 | 26 Comments
Geekery

The Batwoman Comics You Need to Read Before Her New TV Show

Everything you need to know before her new TV show!

By Heather Hogan| August 30, 2018 | 11 Comments
Television

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!

By Heather Hogan| July 17, 2018 | 41 Comments
Geekery

Drawn to Comics: Carly Usdin’s “Heavy Vinyl” More Than Earns the Hype

“This book was so much better than I thought it was going to be and I thought it was going to be one of the best series of the year.”

By Mey| May 29, 2018 | 5 Comments
Geekery

Drawn to Comics: A First Look at First Gay Kisses in “Kiss Number Eight”

There’s something about your first kiss with a girl, something different. It can bring out truths you’re not ready for, it can open doors that can never be closed, it can change your life forever.

By Mey| May 1, 2018 | 3 Comments
Television

“Jessica Jones” Season 2: Female Rage, Trauma, and the Triumph of Women Telling Stories About Women

Jessica Jones hired all women directors for season two and filled its writers room with mostly women, too — and it shows.

By Valerie Anne| March 16, 2018 | 15 Comments
Geekery

Drawn to Comics: “Bingo Love” Is a Black Queer Romance That Lasts a Lifetime and Will Make Yours Better

Everyone who’s been clamoring for a romance comic about queer Black women written by a Black woman and with art by women has gotten exactly what they want with “Bingo Love.”

By Mey| February 27, 2018 | 8 Comments
Geekery

Katchoo and Francine are Back in “Strangers in Paradise XXV”

It’s secrets and intrigue and lesbian looooove and just so very Terry Moore. 

By Heather Hogan| January 23, 2018 | 7 Comments
Geekery

Drawn to Comics: Michelle Perez and Remy Boydell Talk Trans Sex Work, TV Influences and Their Comic “The Pervert”

Over the last two years, a story about a trans girl living in Seattle and surviving through sex work was published in issues of ISLAND Magazine. Now, It’s being put together as one book, The Pervert, by Michelle Perez and Remy Boydell.

By Mey| January 23, 2018 | 1 Comment
Television

“Lumberjanes” Co-Creator Noelle Stevenson Is Rebooting “She-Ra” For Netflix

According to Variety, the new show is will be “an epic and timely tale that celebrates female friendship and empowerment, led by a warrior princess tailor made for today.”

By Mey| December 12, 2017 | 9 Comments
Television

“Marvel’s Runaways” Episode 105 Recap: Collective Powers

The teens finally use their powers together, and it’s magical.

By Kayla| December 6, 2017 | 6 Comments
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