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“Steven Universe” Saves the World by Facing Trauma, Abuse and Mental Illness With Hope and Heart

“I don’t need you to respect me, I respect me. I don’t need you to love me, I love me.”

By Heather Hogan| February 4, 2019 | 10 Comments
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Cancelled: 21 Lesbian and Bisexual Characters Who Never Got The Chance To Shine in a Season Two

Looking back on the characters we kinda liked only to see their shows swiftly cancelled before we had a chance to really get somewhere.

By Riese| January 29, 2019 | 23 Comments
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Gina Rodriguez’s Carmen Sandiego Is a Kickass Feminist Hero Who Makes Every Man Around Her Look Like a Buffoon

Latina legend Carmen Sandiego is the most competent, confident person on the show, unapologetic in her femme-ness. A feminist Latina Robin Hood!

By Heather Hogan| January 29, 2019 | 10 Comments
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“How to Get Away With Murder” Destroys Eve and Annalise and Also Our Hearts

Days later, I remain astounded by these writing choices and their cruelty.

By Natalie| January 28, 2019 | 16 Comments
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31 Iconic “L Word” Outfits, Ranked By Incandescence

As Bette Porter once wanted to tell Franklin, “Great art is a response to small-minded corporate fascists trying to impose their ignorance on the sheep-like masses.”

By Riese| January 11, 2019 | 45 Comments
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16 Feel-Good TV Shows to Kick Off 2019 With a Little Hope

Listen, we all know queer women love a good TV show about serial killing or Satan worship or ghosts — but did you know sometimes it feels good to just feel good?

By Heather Hogan| January 8, 2019 | 23 Comments
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2018’s 30 Best TV Episodes Featuring LGBTQ Women

It’s our last TV list of 2018!

By Heather Hogan| December 20, 2018 | 12 Comments
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The 25 Best TV Shows Of 2018 With LGBT Women Characters

These are the television shows of 2018 that stand out for their artistry and innovation AND also feature lesbian, bisexual, queer or trans women characters.

By Riese| December 13, 2018 | 50 Comments
Television

16 Gay Holiday TV Episodes You Can Stream Right Now!

13 Christmas and three Thanksgiving episodes full of lesbians in matching two-piece pajamas, bisexuals in endearing sweaters, and a trans woman dressed up as a literal Holigay Angel.

By Carmen Phillips| December 5, 2018 | 11 Comments
Television

Autostraddle’s Favorite and Least Favorite Lesbian, Bisexual and Trans TV Characters of 2018

“Is this how cis white dudes feel all the time?”

By The TV Team| November 29, 2018 | 34 Comments
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The 16 Best Lesbian and Bisexual TV Couples of 2018

There’s an awful lot of awful things we could be thinking of, but for just one day let’s only think about love.

By Heather Hogan| November 22, 2018 | 20 Comments
Television

TV’s Favorite Fictional Writers, Ranked From Worthless to Wondrous

“It’s not just sex, it’s love. It’s two people connecting, with four other people, and aliens.”

By Heather Hogan| November 5, 2018 | 28 Comments
Television

27 X-Files Monsters of the Week, Ranked by Gayness

We’ve discussed the arguably gay women of The X-Files, and obviously Dana Scully at length. But it’s time to answer a different pressing question: how gay are the monsters of the week?

By Rachel| October 17, 2018 | 9 Comments
Television

12 TV Episodes That Changed All-Ages Queer Representation Forever

Korrasami walked so Bubbline could run.

By Heather Hogan| October 9, 2018 | 6 Comments
Television

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
Television

MAKE IT GAY, YOU COWARDS: 20 TV Shows That Just Need to Lean Into the Truth

“EVEN THE STRAIGHTS CAN SEE IT.”

By The TV Team| September 20, 2018 | 54 Comments
Television

21 Times “Killing Eve” Depicted Lesbian Relationship Scenarios With Dead-On Accuracy

The first season of Killing Eve, a classic love story between a long-haired butch assassin and her raven-haired married object d’amour came to its thrilling conclusion last night, offering itself as the year’s most authentic depiction of lesbian love in 2018. Please, come inside where I will make my case.

By Riese| May 28, 2018 | 30 Comments
Television

Gay Hairplay: Top 11 Times a Girl Touched Another Girl’s Hair on TV and Film

Lesbian and bisexual gal pals caressing each other’s hair on TV and in movies has gotten a bad rap, probably because that’s what most fictional queer women have historically done instead of kissing on the mouth. But hairplay can also be really sexy!

By Heather Hogan| January 11, 2018 | 57 Comments
Television

2017’s 18 Best Episodes of Lesbian, Bisexual and Trans TV

These were entire TV episodes that paid off queer storylines that had been building, or approached lesbian and bisexual and trans stuff in ways we’ve never really seen on-screen, or expanded queer storytelling into genres where it’d been lacking, or utilized new TV platforms in queer ways.

By the team| December 22, 2017 | 8 Comments
Television

The 17 Most Romantic Lesbian and Bisexual TV Moments of 2017

There were songs and bike races and hot air balloon rides and promises of forever and allusions to some of the most romantic tropes and movies of all times.

By the team| December 21, 2017 | 26 Comments
Television

Autostraddle’s Favorite and Least Favorite Lesbian, Bisexual, and Trans Women TV Characters of 2017

2017 was the best of times and the worst of times. LOL JK it was the absolute worst of times. But the queer TV was pretty good.

By the team| December 19, 2017 | 45 Comments
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