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Tara Chambler’s Death on “The Walking Dead” Is More Than Just Another Buried Gay

“Tara Chambler wasn’t just the first openly LGBTQ character on The Walking Dead; she was the first gay woman I had ever seen in any form of zombie horror in my life.”

By Jessica Vazquez| April 4, 2019 | 23 Comments
Television

Winter 2019 TV Preview: All The Lesbian, Queer and Bisexual TV Coming Your Way

All the premiere dates and sneak peeks at new and returning television shows with lesbian, bisexual or queer women characters coming January, February and March 2019 to a shiny box near you.

By Riese| January 7, 2019 | 13 Comments
Television

Boob(s On Your) Tube: There’s A New Gay Getting Away With Murder In Shondaland

Does Annaliese Keating have a new gal pal? Maybe! Arizona Robbins, however, has none. None gal pals. Tara’s still alive on The Walking Dead, the Shannara gays are still gayin’, and Sarah Paulson gets her revenge on American Horror Story: Cult.

By Heather Hogan| November 5, 2017 | 21 Comments
Television

Fall 2017 TV Preview: Some Lesbian and Bisexual Characters for You

There aren’t many new lesbian, bisexual, trans, or queer characters on fall TV, but there are a few; and a handful of returning favorites.

By Riese| August 29, 2017 | 65 Comments
Television

A Gay Girl’s Guide to Fall 2016 TV: Featuring All The Queer Lady Characters Who Haven’t Died (Yet)

Sappho protect us.

By Heather Hogan| September 20, 2016 | 86 Comments
Television

Boob(s On Your) Tube: The Walking Dead’s Denise Cloyd Is Dead Lesbian #147

Another day, another stray arrow in the eyeball. Plus: Hannah has her first queer hook-up on Girls.

By Heather Hogan| March 22, 2016 | 50 Comments
Television

Boob(s On Your) Tube: Tara And Denise Are Alive, In Love On “The Walking Dead”

It’s been a pretty terrible week for queer TV viewers, but at least the lesbians on The Walking Dead aren’t dead yet!

By Heather Hogan| March 8, 2016 | 22 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: One Big Happy’s Second Episode is Better, Bold and the Beautiful’s Trans Storyline Is Not

The Black Sails finale had two queer characters winning at being pirates, The Good Wife is blowing it with Kalinda, and Tara survived another season of The Walking Dead!

By Heather Hogan| March 30, 2015 | 21 Comments
Television

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
Television

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
Television

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
Television

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
Television

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
Television

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
Television

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
Television

The Completely Ultimate Best Moments (So Far) of Walking Dead’s New Queer Couple

For the second week in a row, The Walking Dead has delivered us some queer lady goodness. Let’s relive those moments now.

By Laura Mandanas| November 26, 2013 | 11 Comments
Television

The Walking Dead Brings Another Queer Chick Named Tara To TV, We Rejoice

Let’s all hope and pray that this Tara has better luck than her predecessors.

By Laura Mandanas| November 22, 2013 | 14 Comments

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