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Autostraddle March Madness

Autostraddle March Madness: Canon vs. Fanon – Classic

Today, the voting commences for the CLASSIC sub-regions of the Canon vs. Fanon Contest. You have 48 hours to cast your ballot and then we’ll be back to unveil another region shortly thereafter.

By Natalie| March 22, 2021 | 14 Comments

“The Good Fight” Really Is the Best (Lesbian) Show You’re Not Watching

The Good Fight returns for a third season on March 14. Here’s why you should catch up on the first two seasons on CBS All Access.

By Kayla| February 26, 2019 | 17 Comments

#10YearChallenge: 2009 vs. 2019 LGBTQ TV

2009, the year The L Word ended and Glee began.

By Heather Hogan| January 15, 2019 | 42 Comments

17 Bisexual Women TV Characters Who Thwarted Tropes and Won Your Hearts

Sometimes, on a rare harvest moon when the mermaids sing and the unicorns take flight, we’re treated to really authentic, layered, swoon-worthy portrayals of bisexual women on our favorite shows.

By The TV Team| September 23, 2018 | 75 Comments

Monday Roundtable: The Ships We’d Still Go Down With

Here are the queer lady ships that made us/destroyed us; what are yours?

By the team| June 4, 2018 | 89 Comments

FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: Premieres and Finales

It’s the season premiere on my life in New York! Meanwhile, The Good Wife is about to have its series finale! Let’s talk about it all.

By Kayla| May 6, 2016 | 190 Comments

Boob(s On Your) Tube: Dead Lesbians and Bisexual Psychos Dominate May Sweeps

Supernatural kills Charlie, Gotham tropes Barbara, Arrow marries Nyssa off to a man. But on the upside, Samira Wiley crushed it on Law & Order: SVU and Raven was amazing on Black-ish.

By Heather Hogan| May 12, 2015 | 65 Comments

Boob(s On Your) Tube: “The Good Wife” Says Goodbye to Its Bisexual Badass

One Big Happy has one more episode, Younger is still adorably hokey, Bo accidentally beds her stepmom on Lost Girl, Sam and Laura see a sexual healer on Newlyweds: The First Year, and The Bold and the Beautiful is still borking it all up.

By Heather Hogan| April 27, 2015 | 14 Comments

Boob(s On Your) Tube: “Mad Men” Almost Goes There With Peggy Olson

Lucy Lawless gets gay on Salem, Maggie names Liza’s vagina on Younger, The Bold and the Beautiful keeps borking up its trans storyline.

By Heather Hogan| April 13, 2015 | 17 Comments

Boob(s On Your) Tube: TV Land Unveils Its First Leading Lesbian Character

One Big Happy is getting funnier and funnier, Nyssa Al Ghul is back to kicking ass on Arrow, and Sam and Laura finally go on their honeymoon on Newlyweds: The First Year.

By Heather Hogan| April 6, 2015 | 27 Comments

Boob(s On Your) Tube: Everyone Is Gay And Nothing Hurts

We’re back with our weekly column about all the queer stuff that’s happening on television that we don’t have time to recap!

By Heather Hogan| March 23, 2015 | 53 Comments

Autostraddle’s Favorite LGBT TV Characters Of 2014

There were 128 queer lady characters on TV this year, if you can believe that. It’s a brand new world.

By Heather Hogan| December 30, 2014 | 33 Comments

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

Boob(s on your) Tube: Everything’s Coming Up Soft Butch Lipstick Flannel Queen

Plus it’s finally time for ABC Family’s leztastic Christmas specials!

By Heather Hogan| December 5, 2014 | 13 Comments

Boob(s on Your) Tube: Is Kalinda Sharma Accidentally in Love on The Good Wife?

It was a pretty lame week for queer women on TV, but at least Kalinda and Lana were naked most of the time.

By Heather Hogan| November 16, 2014 | 6 Comments

Boob(s on Your Tube): Lesbian Moms on Red Band Society, Tired Stereotypes on Marry Me

The Good Wife’s best character continues to be Kalinda Sharma’s trench coats.

By Heather Hogan| November 10, 2014 | 13 Comments

Boob(s On Your) Tube: Lesbian Halloween Hijinks, Top Chef’s Top Top and Telenova Stepmom Sex

Happy Halloween! Have a brand new lesbian character dressed as a dinosaur!

By Heather Hogan| October 31, 2014 | 10 Comments

Boob(s on Your) Tube: Sexytime Hijinks on The Good Wife and Doc’s Ex-Girlfriend on Jane the Virgin

More lesbian sex than lesbian death on TV this week! It’s a 2014 record!

By Heather Hogan| October 24, 2014 | 17 Comments

This Week In Gay TV: Bisexual Hunger Games on Gotham, Sexting Lesbians on Survivor’s Remorse

Welcome to our brand new Friday round-up of all the queer ladies on TV we haven’t already talked about this week. You’ll like it we promise.

By Heather Hogan| October 17, 2014 | 90 Comments

Every Lesbian On TV Has A Side Part

After hours — probably years — of research, Dannielle has concluded that every lesbian on TV has a side part. She’s meticulously compiled her evidence in the essay contained herein.

By Dannielle| February 21, 2014 | 83 Comments

10 Procedural TV Characters I’d Like To See In A Sitcom Or Drama Or Something Like That

I wish there was a way to get more Penelope Garcia, H.G. Wells and Olivia Benson into my life with less murder, like if they were all on the same hour-long HBO drama? Just saying.

By Riese| February 11, 2014 | 45 Comments
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