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!
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Autostraddle March Madness — Best First Kiss: Round One (Baby Gays vs. International Faves)
Forget your ridiculous national championships, Natalie’s on a search to crown the best first on-screen kiss.
Steven Universe’s Stevonnie Is Bringing Non-Binary Representation to TV in a Brand New Way
Just like it celebrated lesbian love story with Ruby and Sapphire forming Garnet, Steven Universe is once again using a fusion to explore queer identities and, more revolutionarily, to celebrate them.
“Steven Universe: Save the Light” Is a Warm Blanket in a Cold World
A sweet, exciting RPG that’ll give you warm fuzzy feelings and non-binary heart eyes for days.
“Steven Universe: Art & Origins” Offers Us a Glimpse Behind the Scenes of TV’s Queerest Cartoon
It’s an important thing to learn about and acknowledge the people who make the things we love, and this book gives Steven Universe fans an opportunity to do just that.
This Steven Universe Music Video is a Ray of Sunlight and Hope in This What the Fuck of a Week
This is who we are. This is who I am. And if you think you can stop me, you need to think again. ‘Cause I am a feeling, and I won’t ever end. I won’t let you hurt my planet and I won’t let you hurt my friends.
Drawn to Comics: Steven Universe’s Comic Book Captures the Magic and Queerness of the Show
Kiki doesn’t think it’s weird to go to a dance with a non-binary person; this is just normal life for these teens. Plus, Stevonnie gets to play with fashion in a way we haven’t see on the show, with a wonderful mix of androgynous, feminine and masculine clothes.
Steven Universe Soundtrack Vol 1 Delivers Cool Jams and Good (Gay) Messages
While not every episode is a musical one, many episodes do incorporate the characters singing songs and it’s never a waste of the show’s time. Instead, the music reveals things about the relationships, thoughts and feelings of the characters and gives listeners a brilliant new way to think about the things the show is talking about.
18 Pieces of Media in 2016 Ranked by How Much They Made Me Cry
8. Vanessa Hudgens Singing “There Are Worse Things I Could Do” in Grease Live!
Steven Universe Returns with “Gem Harvest,” Reminds Kids It’s Okay to Have Hope
Steven Universe tells kids that they’re loved, that they’re special, and that there is nothing wrong with being themselves. This week it taught them that they don’t have to give up.
Our 12 Favorite Queer Things About 2016 New York Comic Con
Steven Universe and Wonder Woman and Carmilla and Wynonna Earp and Lost Girl and Batwoman and Lumberjanes, oh my!
Drawn to Comics: Fan Entitlement, Bullying, Steven Universe and Queer Representation
When fans drive a queer woman off the internet because the extremely, extremely specific type of queerness they wanted wasn’t in a few episodes of a show that they like that doesn’t help anyone or anything.
The 10 Gayest/Feminist-est Things That Happened at San Diego Comic-Con This Year
Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, and Roxane Gay all join Black Panther; Wynonna Earp gets renewed; Rebecca Sugar comes out; Brie Larson is Captain Marvel; and so much more!
Rebecca Sugar is Bisexual: “Steven Universe” Creator Comes Out at Comic-Con
When asked why focuses so much on LGBTQ issues on her show, Sugar answered “I want to feel like I exist and I want everyone else who wants to feel that way to feel that way too.”
“Steven Universe: The Return” Brings Your Favorite Gay Space Rocks To DVD!
Imagine you’re a child today and you’re watching Steven Universe: The Return and you finally see yourself not only represented on a show that’s specifically made for you, but treated with respect, love and reverence — and then imagine that you’re finally able feel those things about yourself.
Pop Culture Fix: The Lexa Pledge Hopes To Change Queer TV From The Inside
The Lexa Pledge will make sure Lexa didn’t die in vain, Steven Universe’s gayest episode is getting its own book, The Fosters is on Netflix now, Gillian Anderson wants to talk to you about her bisexuality, and so much more pop culture news!
6 Ways “Steven Universe” Out-Gayed Itself With “The Answer”
2016 TV gets off to a super queer start as Steven Universe returns with a Very Special Ruby and Sapphire episode!
Top 11 Times This Year Pop Culture Reminded Us Kids Are Queer and Trans Too
As long as queer kids are taking their own lives, as long as young lesbians are told that their crushes on other girls are just fleeting feelings that all straight girls have and as long as trans girls as young as age 6 are treated as sexual deviants who shouldn’t be allowed to use the bathroom, we’re going to need representation in all-ages media.
“Adventure Time” Lets Marceline And Princess Bubblegum Grow Up (And Old) Together
Adventure Time’s first mini-series, Stakes, colors in Marceline’s past and brings her into the coming of age conversation that makes this show so great.
Boob(s On Your) Tube: Lesbian Death, Bisexual Resurrection, Aliens In Love, And The Most Awkward Dinner Party of All Time
Scream Queen, Grey’s Anatomy, Empie, Steven Universe, Carmilla, Arrow, Rosewood, Grandfathered, and so much more!