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Mal Blum on Writing Music for “Trinkets,” Queer Representation, and the Trans Narratives of Bruce Springsteen

“Whether it’s the gay internet or a show like ‘Trinkets’ it makes it easier to be like maybe I’m not the one that’s wrong. Maybe everyone around me is wrong.”

By Drew Gregory| September 15, 2020 | 10 Comments
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Kayleigh Llewellyn and Lucy Forbes on “In My Skin,” Lesbian Adolescence, and How the Industry Needs to Change

“This industry needs an overhaul. It’s clear the time for excuses is over now and it’s going to be about action.”

By Drew Gregory| July 31, 2020 | 6 Comments
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Mae Martin on “Feel Good,” Dating, and How She’s Spending Her Quarantine

“Everyone is going to want to have orgies after this.”

By Drew Gregory| March 27, 2020 | 11 Comments
Fashion/Style The L Word: Generation Q

Generation Q Costume Designer Deirdra Govan on Finley’s Cut-Offs, Going Braless, The Joy of Jumpsuits and So Much More

“The first thing you see Finley in is her Wildfang popsicle underwear. That was an intentional and immediate call out to her character.”

By Riese| February 28, 2020 | 11 Comments
The L Word: Generation Q

Generation Q Showrunner Marja Lewis-Ryan On Period Sex, Why Carmen’s Not Coming Back and Dating Your Neighbor

“You can’t ask me that. Well, you can ask me. But I can’t tell you.”

By Riese| December 23, 2019 | 28 Comments
Television Vapid Fluff

Are You The One?’s Paige Cole on Coming Out, Finding Love and Breaking Bisexual Reality TV Barriers

In which Paige’s perfect match is trying to get her to watch The L Word for the first time.

By Stef| September 10, 2019 | 7 Comments
Television

“Vida” Showrunner Tanya Saracho on Working in a Room Filled With Latinx Creators and Getting Queer Sex Right

“I was like Roberta, do your thighs hold both of you? Like if you slide down the wall? And she was like, let’s see. So we tried it on the sidewalk.”

By Yvonne| June 22, 2019 | 8 Comments
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Lauren Morelli on the Terrifying, Rewarding, Humbling Experience of Remaking “Tales of the City”

“There are so many ways to love and be loved. Now we get to explore that.”

By Heather Hogan| June 21, 2019 | 6 Comments
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Natalie Morales on Playing a Revolutionary Bisexual Bartender on “Abby’s” and Sharing the Stage With Squirrels

“It’s so important to tell stories about marginalized people, but if we tell stories that reduce them always and only to the ways they’re marginalized, it just perpetuates the problem.”

By Heather Hogan| March 27, 2019 | 6 Comments
Television

Russian Doll’s Rebecca Henderson on Lizzy, Love and Working With Her Wife

Rebecca Henderson doesn’t just play gay; she’s a real-life lesbian who also happens to be married to Russian Doll co-creator/writer/director Leslye Headland.

By Heather Hogan| February 21, 2019 | 12 Comments
Television

Talking to Hayley Kiyoko About Her Twisty New TV Show “Five Points”

“Honestly, I never really get cast as a lead. When they offered me the role, I was like, are you sure?”

By Riese| June 6, 2018 | 15 Comments
Television

Tanya Saracho Made “Vida” With, For and About Latinxs — And She’s Not Apologizing

Vida’s queer showrunner Tanya Saracho talks to Autostraddle one-on-one about the politics of building a Latinx LGBT writers room, Beyoncé, and why Vida is going to be your new spring obsession!

By Carmen Phillips| May 3, 2018 | 9 Comments
Television

Vida’s Non-Binary Latinx Actor Ser Anzoategui Already Knows Their Show Will Be Your New Favorite

Vida’s out non-binary actor Ser Anzoategui gave Autostraddle an one-on-one interview about the show, the importance of queer Latinx representation in front of and behind the camera, and even sang a little Selena for the heck of it. You want this!

By Carmen Phillips| April 30, 2018 | 14 Comments
Television

The Cast and Crew of “Danger & Eggs” Chat About Their Super Weird, Super Queer Kids Show

Jasika Nicole, Jazz Jennings, Laura Zak, Shadi Petoski, and Tyler Ford open up about the joy of working on Danger & Eggs and what it would have meant to them when they were younger.

By Mey| July 24, 2017 | 5 Comments
Television

Meet One Day at a Time’s Lesbian Writers, Becky Mann and Michelle Badillo

We talked to One Day at a Time writers, Becky Mann and Michelle Badillo, about gay representation on TV, how Autostraddle came to be in the script, their queer TV roots, what kind of LGBT stories are missing from TV and what’s in store for Elena in a potential next season.

By Yvonne| February 27, 2017 | 39 Comments

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