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Boob(s On Your) Tube: “Once Upon a Time” Went and Saved the Gays For Last

Plus updates on: Imposters, Into the Badlands, Timeless, Westworld, Grey’s Anatomy, and Coronation Street!

By The TV Team|May 11, 2018|45 Comments
Television

Boob(s On Your) Tube: Is “Grey’s Anatomy” Really Setting Up a Calzona Reunion?

Plus updates on Into the Badlands, Siren, Star, Once Upon a Time, and help figuring out how to watch Vida!

By The TV Team|May 5, 2018|17 Comments
Television

Boob(s On Your) Tube: Arizona Still Loves Callie, Pass It On

Gay lady TV is pulling out all the stops before it gives away to the girls of summer. Updates on: Grey’s Anatomy, Once Upon a Time, Jane the Virgin, The Good Fight, Siren, Station 19, and Coronation Street!

By Heather Hogan|April 21, 2018|29 Comments
Television

Boob(s On Your) Tube: Jane the Virgin’s Petra and JR Are Just So Damn In Love

Plus updates on The Good Fight, Grey’s Anatomy, and Once Upon a Time!

By The TV Team|April 13, 2018|62 Comments
Television

Boob(s On Your) Tube: Of Course The “Grey’s Anatomy” Spin-Off Has a Bisexual Firefighter!

Station 19 is gay out of the gate, Star buries a gay in a completely heartbreaking way, Legends of Tomorrow unleashes an army of Avas, Nyssa is back(!) on Arrow, and Once Upon a Time is going out with a lesbian bang!

By Heather Hogan|March 30, 2018|15 Comments
Television

Autostraddle March Madness — Best First Kiss: Round 2

We started with 64 couples, now we’re down to 32. Did your picks make the cut? Does your fave have what it takes to make it to the Sweet 16? It’s survive and advance, people! Survive and advance!

By Natalie|March 27, 2018|33 Comments
Television

Boob(s On Your) Tube: Cheryl Blossom Finally Experiences The Sapphic Serpent’s Soft Touch

Gay updates on: Riverdale, Once Upon a Time, Life Sentence, 9-1-1, Legends of Tomorrow, The Fosters, and Grey’s Anatomy!

By Heather Hogan|March 10, 2018|47 Comments
Television

Boob(s On Your) Tube: “Legends of Tomorrow” Knew AvaLance Was Canon All Along

Plus gayness on Once Upon a Time, The Mick, 9-1-1, The Chi, and a rundown of our can’t-miss TV #content from the past two weeks.

By Heather Hogan|March 2, 2018|30 Comments
Film

“Beauty and the Beast”: Disney’s Long, Slow Evolution From Gay-Coded Villains to Live-Action LeFou

Disney’s been doing their dance to just enough for over 50 years.

By Heather Hogan|March 22, 2017|84 Comments
Television

Boob(s On Your) Tube: Two Women Actually Touched Mouths on “Once Upon a Time”

Ruby and Dorothy smooch on Once Upon a Time, Haught gets closer to Waverly on Wynonna Earp, and where the heck is Luisa?

By Heather Hogan|April 19, 2016|71 Comments
Television

Every Queer TV Storyline of 2015, Ranked

The good, the bad, the ugly, and the revolutionarily boring queer TV storylines of the year.

By Heather Hogan|December 31, 2015|65 Comments
Television

Boob(s On Your) Tube: “Grey’s Anatomy” Is Adding New Lesbian Characters Basically Every Week This Season

Mimi Whiteman deals with the fallout of her upended threesome with Lucious on Empire, it’s time to talk about Once Upon a Time for real, Grey’s Anatomy keeps getting magnificently gayer, and Carmilla definitely did something to Perry.

By Heather Hogan|November 20, 2015|35 Comments
Television

Boob(s On Your) Tube: On “Once Upon a Time,” a Woman Sat Upon Another Woman

Blindspot and Code Black reveal that two of their characters are gay, The Vampire Diaries has introduced the half-witch/half-vampire lesbian couple, and Jane the Virgin is still the best damn thing on TV.

By Heather Hogan|November 17, 2015|61 Comments
Television

Boob(s On Your) Tube: “Jane The Virgin” and “Supergirl” Make Monday The Most Feminist Night On TV

Jane the Virgin is a feminist masterclass, y’all. I also want to talk about the five things Supergirl is getting really right. Oh, and Mulan will be back on your TV in two weeks. I have included a photo of her with Merida for you.

By Heather Hogan|November 3, 2015|26 Comments
Arts + Pop Culture

Pop Culture Fix: I Hope You Want to Talk About Ellen Page and Maybe Some Other Fun Topics

Cookie is (maybe) going to be queer on Empire, Mulan will return to Once Upon a Time, women are still underrepresented on television, and Caitlyn Jenner clarifies her position on marriage equality.

By Heather Hogan|September 16, 2015|38 Comments
Television

Fan Fiction Friday: 8 Lesbian Wedding Stories on Brittany and Santana’s Big Day!

Let us put you in the mood to swoon with these sweet and syrupy femslash wedding fics.

By Heather Hogan|February 20, 2015|12 Comments
A+

A+ Podcast Episode Two: February 2015

We’re talking about pop culture in this A+ podcast episode! Get in here and listen.

By the team|February 17, 2015|27 Comments
Film Television

Fan Fiction Friday: 10 Valentine’s Day Stories to Warm Your Heart and Your Pants

Ooey gooey romantic fluff with a sprinkle of smut on top.

By Heather Hogan|February 13, 2015|15 Comments
Television

Fan Fiction Friday: Tumblr’s 20 Best Femslash One-Shots

The world’s largest fandom playground never stops giving!

By Heather Hogan|January 30, 2015|42 Comments
Television

Here’s 35 LGBTQ Female TV Characters of Color Who Made 2014 A Very Queer Year

There were more queer female characters of color on TV in 2014 than the total number of queer female characters on TV, period, five years ago.

By Heather Hogan|December 23, 2014|23 Comments
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