The 25 Best TV Shows on HBO Max With Lesbian and Bisexual Characters
Come with my on a journey into the best of what HBO Max has to offer fans of lesbian, bisexual and queer television.
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Our Favorite Lesbian and Bisexual TV Characters as D&D Classes
The more I get into D&D, the more it bleeds into my passion for television. I find myself thinking about TV character’s histories as “backstory” and accidentally calling side characters “NPCs.”
’80s and ’90s Sitcom Characters, Ranked by Lesbianism
“She was dykin’ in Brooklyn for years, even when she was with Stan’s cheating ass.”
10 Times Queer TV Taught Me Love Is a Lie
“You want proof love is a lie?? Let me dramatically pull back the curtains and show you the broken shards of my heart on the floor!”
The Best 2020 TV Shows With LGBTQ Women and Non-Binary Characters
Autostraddle’s TV Team shares our picks for the best TV shows of 2020 featuring girls, gays and theys.
Autostraddle’s Favorite Lesbian, Bisexual, and Queer TV Couples of 2020
“It’s funny that I’ve seen a hundred queer couples on TV at this point, and it was finally these two teenage dorks who really reflected my own reality back to me for maybe the first time.”
Autostraddle’s Favorite Lesbian and Bisexual TV Episodes of 2020
“Even once the surprise of it has been lost, I find myself returning to it time and again in my memory. A truly perfect moment of acting, of cinematography, of television. Easily the best of the year.”
10 Times Things Went Well But Also Very Badly For Lesbians on Rooftops
“It’s a real mark of our collective queer delusion that everyone tries to forget how weird it is when serial roof marauder Piper Perabo climbs on top of her car to screech about wankers over the standstill of London traffic.”
Autostraddle’s Favorite and Least Favorite Lesbian, Bisexual and Trans TV Characters of 2020
Here’s what we loved this year, and what pained us to see.
11 of the Best Lesbian and Bisexual TV Butt Moments
If you’re not complimenting your friends’ butts what even are you doing?
Let Us Now Praise One-Off Vampire Episodes
Somehow we have enshrined vampirism into the pantheon along with Christmas, Halloween and sometimes Thanksgiving as deserving of its own 20-45 minutes in the sun each year, particularly in the realm of procedurals, and you know what, sure! Why not. This is not all of the vampire episodes ever made, but they are pretty good ones, if I do say so myself.
Which Of Your Fave LGBT TV Shows Are Filming During the Pandemic and When Can You Watch Them?
Gay TV shows like Gentleman Jack, Euphoria, Pose The Handmaid’s Tale and The L Word: Generation Q had production suspended due to the pandemic, but filming is starting up again. We’ve got updates on 50+ of your faves.
95 Queer and Lesbian TV Shows to Stream on Netflix
We’ve got 95 Lesbian, Bisexual and Queer-ish Netflix TV shows streaming right now on the very internet you’re reading!
Announcing the Winners of the Third Annual Autostraddle Gay Emmys!
Who snagged top honors at the most important television awards show in the entire world and also in the entire history of the planet?!?!?!?!?!?!
My Top 10 Television Characters: Valerie Anne, Who Loves a Hard Shell and a Gooey Center
YES I’M CHEATING RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE DON’T @ ME.
My Top 10 Television Shows: Malic White, Who Loves Scary Women
You can scroll through my top ten shows and know exactly who I am and who I’ve been — a consistently queer, formerly goth, recovering musical theater nerd with a penchant for dry humor and scary women. Sharing this list is like showing you my diary if all my love poems were about Sandra Oh.
My Top 10 Television Characters: Kayla, Who Has Mommy Issues
A prime selection of Mean Moms and Women Who Could Beat Me Up.
My Top Ten Television Shows: Casey Stepaniuk, Your Friendly Neighborhood Lesbrarian
If this were completely honest, it would just be Buffy the Vampire Slayer listed ten times.
My Top 10 Television Characters: Carmen, Who Never Forgets the Women Who Deserved Better
Is it a coincidence that this list of “women I loved who deserved better” is comprised of women of color — and almost exclusively queer women of color? Given the intertwined histories of sexism, racism, and homophobia in this country, I think not.
My Top 10 Television Shows: Shelli Nicole, a Babe Who Loves Brits, Naughty Bits, and Witches
If you are a future lover/partner of mine, you don’t have to like these shows but if you do, there is a higher chance that I’ll hit pause on the show so we can play on the couch.
62 Hulu Streaming TV Shows With Lesbian and Bisexual Women Characters
Hulu is your new go-to for The L Word, but that’s not all! There are so many queer TV shows on Hulu, including original programming, comedies, dramas, and something for everybody to enjoy!