82 Queer TV Shows to Stream on Netflix
We’ve got 82 Lesbian, Bisexual and Queer-ish Netflix TV shows streaming right now on the very internet you’re reading!
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Vote Now in Autostraddle’s Second Annual Gay Emmys!
Queer women’s television has grown significantly in recent years. Still, we’ve watched our best continue to be sidelined by a straight white male majority that won’t pay attention to queer stories, women’s stories, stories about people of color. Well, no more my friends!
“Orange Is the New Black” Season Seven: Everything Is Different Our Final Time Around
“There are few shows that I have loved with the ferocity that I loved Orange is the New Black, and there are exactly zero shows that have broken my heart the way this show did. So when it came to the final season, I was trying to prepare myself for anything.”
“Orange Is the New Black” Changed Everything We Thought We Knew About Queer TV
As “Orange is the New Black” wraps up its seven-season run, our TV team weighs in on the show’s legacy — the good and the bad.
27 Summer 2019 TV Shows For Queers To Watch Out For
Tales of the City reboot, The Handmaid’s Tale blesses the fight, Pose vaults to the 1990s, HBO debuts a Skins-esque show starring Zendaya canoodling with a trans character played by an actual trans actress, OINTB says goodbye, G.L.O.W moves to Vegas, LGBT documentaries debut for Pride and so many more summertime TV gems to look forward to!
“Clink” Hopes to Step Into the Women’s Prison Drama Gap Left by “Wentworth” and “OITNB”
If life’s taught me anything, it’s that even the straightest-seeming woman can shuffle into a fictional prison meek as a lamb, and five seasons later is striding the corridors as Top Dog with a hot blonde on her arm.
Pop Culture Fix: That’s a Wrap on “Orange Is the New Black” and Other New Beginnings
Brie Larson believes Carol and Maria are the “great love” of Captain Marvel, Ellen Page pens an op-ed in The Hollywood Reporter about hate crimes, Lilly Singh comes out, IndieWire’s 100 greatest films directed by women is pretty gay, and more!
Latinx Butches Lit Up Television in 2018
I considered titling this “Latinx Butches 2018: Welcome To The Thirst Trap,” but that didn’t seem very professional, you know?
TV’s Favorite Fictional Writers, Ranked From Worthless to Wondrous
“It’s not just sex, it’s love. It’s two people connecting, with four other people, and aliens.”
VOTE NOW in Autostraddle’s Inaugural Gay Emmys!
The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences — like Hollywood itself, and mainstream TV criticism — continues to be dominated by a voting block of mostly straight white men. So, for the first time ever, we’ve decided to host our own Autostraddle TV awards to coincide with the Emmys.
Orange Is the New Black Season Six Went to the Max and Maybe Back Into Our Hearts
Carmen and Riese talk about the entirety of Season Six of “Orange is the New Black,” which they thought they were going to hate at first but then it actually turned out pretty okay.
OINTB’s Vicci Martinez and Emily Tarver, a.k.a Daddy and CO McCullough, Are Girlfriends IRL!
Yes Daddy I Do: Orange is the New Black’s Vicci Martinez and Emily Tarver are lesbianing together!
TV Team Roundtable: How We Handle TV That Breaks Our Hearts (Or Makes Us Want to Break the TV)
Here’s how we handle TV that lets us down, the shows we think successfully turned it around, and our ultimate dealbreakers.
Autostraddle March Madness — Best First Kiss: Sweet 16
It doesn’t get any easier in the Sweet 16.
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!
Autostraddle March Madness — Best First Kiss: Round One, Pt. 2 (Drama Faves vs. Sci-Fi/Fantasy Babes)
Here’s part two of the first round of QUEER KISSING MARCH MADNESS!
Gay Hairplay: Top 11 Times a Girl Touched Another Girl’s Hair on TV and Film
Lesbian and bisexual gal pals caressing each other’s hair on TV and in movies has gotten a bad rap, probably because that’s what most fictional queer women have historically done instead of kissing on the mouth. But hairplay can also be really sexy!
In 2017, Lesbian and Bisexual TV Characters Did Pretty OK, and That’s a Pretty Big Deal
2017 somehow turned out to be the best year ever for lesbian and bisexual women on television — but we’ve still got a ways to go.
The 17 Most Romantic Lesbian and Bisexual TV Moments of 2017
There were songs and bike races and hot air balloon rides and promises of forever and allusions to some of the most romantic tropes and movies of all times.
It’s Time to Free Orange Is the New Black’s Stars
Never before have my distaste for a show and love for its cast been so at odds.