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Bombay Begums queer storyline is refreshing and real.

Bombay Begums Centers the Queer South Asian Story I’ve Been Searching For

It’s moments like this that I’ve been desperately searching for in South Asian media these past few years. I want to know, I want to see where queer South Asians summon the courage to be themselves from, in a world where coming out is truly a global struggle.

By himani| April 1, 2021 | 14 Comments
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Netflix’s The One: A Lesbian Love Triangle Gets Lost in a Murder Mystery

Is love a lie or the ultimate truth? The One balks at exploring that fascinating question and cops out with a cliched murder storyline.

By Kayla| March 30, 2021 | 9 Comments
Demi Lovato in Dancing With the Devil

Demi Lovato’s New Doc “Dancing with the Devil” Will Break Your Heart

The fact that she’s still candidly discussing her ongoing issues is significant, because this story cannot be neatly packaged. By naming these things, she also normalizes them. For young fans, seeing Lovato’s intertwined and ongoing struggles presented so bluntly is remarkable.

By Stef| March 24, 2021 | 5 Comments
Marriage or Mortgage lesbian couples include Whitney and Alex, a pair of adorable nurses.

Is Marriage or Mortgage a Reality Show About Crime Girlfriends or What?!

This business model is very f*cked up and sometimes it even works! Nichole and Sarah are also clearly constantly trying to slyly top one another.

By Stef| March 17, 2021 | 16 Comments
Two queer characters from Genera+ion lie on a bed and look at each other, about to kiss.

HBO Max’s Genera+ion Should Be Every Gay Middle Schooler’s New Obsession

If Euphoria is a teen show for teens, then HBO Max’s Genera+ion feels like a teen show for middle schoolers. And I think that’s great.

By Drew Gregory| March 17, 2021 | 3 Comments
Sophie and Max from Ginny & Georgia walk down a high school hallway together, Sophie's arm is around Max's shoulder and holding Max's hand while they both look at something on Sophie's phone.

Ginny & Georgia’s Lesbian Gets a Refreshingly Typical Teen Dating Story

Ginny & Georgia has a very typical teenage dating story but made it queer, just for us.

By Valerie Anne| March 5, 2021 | 9 Comments
Emily and Sue press their foreheads together in Dickinson season two.

“Dickinson” Season 2 Is an Ode to Emily and Sue

Dickinson puts queerness back in the narrative.

By Valerie Anne| March 2, 2021 | 5 Comments
The cast of The Lady and the Dale.

“The Lady and the Dale” Is a Fascinating Portrait of Trans Con Artist Elizabeth Carmichael

It’s as entertaining as any heist movie, as addictive as the best true crime, and authentic in a way few pieces of mainstream trans media have been before.

By Drew Gregory| February 15, 2021 | 8 Comments

“Euphoria” Finally Gives Jules Agency In A Special Episode Co-Written By Hunter Schafer

All I’ve wanted since Euphoria began was for Sam Levinson to write with people who actually have the characters’ perspectives — this episode shows why.

By Drew Gregory| January 25, 2021 | 5 Comments
Emily and Sue press their foreheads together in season two of Dickinson.

“Dickinson” Season Two: Same Vibes, Same Emily and Sue (Forevermore!)

In the first three episodes of the new season, Emily is still a chaotic, emotional, silly, passionate poet who is deeply in love with her sister-in-law and not afraid to show it.

By Valerie Anne| January 12, 2021 | 4 Comments
The supporting crew from Sabrina casts a spell together in the final episodes.

“Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina”: The Chaos Ends But Not Without, Well, Chaos

Caught up in the inconsistencies in its own mythologies, the Netflix fantasy-thriller-teen drama-musical struggles to come to a compelling or coherent close.

By Kayla| January 12, 2021
The dancers of Tiny Pretty Things form a huddle and look up at the sky.

“Tiny Pretty Things” Review: I Love and Hate This Netflix Ballet Show

Fun and frustrating, derivative and surprising, Netflix’s new ballet show Tiny Pretty Things is undone by its paradoxes.

By Kayla| January 8, 2021 | 6 Comments
Toni and her girlfriend snuggle in the back of a truck on The Wilds.

Amazon’s “The Wilds” Brings Lesbians to a Deserted Island

The Wilds is sometimes cheesy, sometimes saccharine, all times dramatic as hell.

By Valerie Anne| December 22, 2020 | 13 Comments
Valeria, Cristina, and Paca sit on a couch together.

HBO Max’s “Veneno” is the Television Masterpiece Trans Icon Cristina La Veneno Deserves

For me, what makes the show so unique are the moments Valeria spends with Cristina and Paca and all the other trans women around them. It’s watching this cross-generational support among trans women that’s so important for us but so rarely portrayed on screen.

By Drew Gregory| December 15, 2020 | 6 Comments
Aisha (Alycia Pascual-Pena) in her football jersey in the Bayside High locker room.

Peacock’s “Saved By The Bell” Reboot Is a Queer and Loving Skewering of the Original Series

“Does this place ever stop being weird?!?”

By Heather Hogan| December 3, 2020 | 6 Comments
two teens in beanies and jackets, press their foreheads together

“We Are Who We Are” Doesn’t Do Labels

Are they dating, are they in love, are they having sex, are they best friends? It’s one of We Are Who We Are ‘s queerest pleasures that it’s not about definition.

By Kamala Puligandla| November 10, 2020 | 6 Comments
Maeve and Elena from The Boys

“The Boys” Season 2 Gets Meta About Lesbian and Bisexual Representation

Elena pushes back on all this, saying she doesn’t want to change how she dresses and that actually Maeve is bisexual, but they say that the term lesbian is “an easier sell” because it’s “more cut and dry.”

By Valerie Anne| October 16, 2020 | 12 Comments
taylor schilling and roberta colindrez in monsterland

Taylor Schilling and Roberta Colindrez Are Wives In Hulu’s “Monsterland”

If you’re expecting the gay episode of Hulu’s horror anthology to be like the gay episode of Black Mirror, I must assure you: We ain’t in San Junipero anymore.

By Valerie Anne| October 6, 2020 | 3 Comments
perry mason della hazel

“Perry Mason” Has Lesbians, Tatiana Maslany, and Way Too Many Boring Men

I guess what I’m learning about myself is that I’m not quite cut out for these slow-moving, period piece crime dramas. I like my crime shows to be procedural — if there are eight episodes, I want eight crimes. And I like my women front and center, thank you very much.

By Valerie Anne| September 29, 2020 | 6 Comments
Sarah Paulson and Cynthia Nixon are 1940s style secret lesbian lovers in Ryan Murphy's new Netflix series "Ratched." Here they are on a date together at the movie theatre.

“Ratched” Review: Part Murder Mommi Delight, Part Complicated Horror Show

Ratched stabs, cuts, bludgeons, and mutilates what was past. The show is brutal, but provides relief for its queer women. Unfortunately, its characters of color and disabled characters are not granted the same care.

By Drew Gregory| September 21, 2020 | 12 Comments
Charly Clive as Marnie in HBO Max's new series "Pure." Marnie is in the background as she longs for two women, both blurry to the camera, in the foreground

HBO Max’s British Dramedy “Pure” Is the First Time I’ve Seen My OCD On-Screen

By pairing a visceral portrayal with thorough descriptions of OCD, “Pure” becomes a teaching tool as well as a delightful dramedy. It’s also just a really good and gay story about a 20-something trying to figure out how to be a good person.

By Drew Gregory| September 14, 2020 | 10 Comments
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