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?!?!?!?!?!?!
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“Vida” Ends as It Began: A Queer Love Letter to Chicanx and Latinx Communities
Much like the Hernandez sisters, Vida is Tanya Saracho’s bar, her nightclub — and no one gets to push her out before last call without a fight. Few get to say that they’ve truly made history. That what they’ve touched won’t be the same after they’ve gone. Television won’t be the same after Vida. That’s just a fact.
Autostraddle’s Favorite and Least Favorite Lesbian, Bisexual and Trans TV Characters of 2019
Here’s what we loved this year and what we didn’t like very much at all. We’d love to hear your opinions too, obviously!
Presenting the Winners of Autostraddle’s Second Annual Gay Emmys!
Over 30,000 votes later! Here are your winners and our critic’s picks!
Vote Now in Autostraddle’s Second Annual Gay Emmys!
Queer women’s television has grown significantly in recent years. Still, we’ve watched our best continue to be sidelined by a straight white male majority that won’t pay attention to queer stories, women’s stories, stories about people of color. Well, no more my friends!
“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.”
Vida’s Gay Vaquero Episode Breaks Emma’s Heart, Asks Hard Questions About Who’s Included in the Queer Community
We don’t get to define Emma’s queerness. We don’t get to tell her the terms of our understanding. She’s going to make those choices for herself.
Vida’s Season Two Is a Triumph of Unapologetically Queer and Latinx Storytelling
Tanya Saracho demands more from her characters, from her audience. She requires our discomfort, our willingness to bring all of our messy selves in front of the television.
Vida’s Season Two Trailer Is Here, Queerer Than Ever
Vida’s second season promises to be deliciously complicated, sultry, and heart-wrenching. Dammit, I already want more!
Cast Full of Lesbians: 15 TV Shows That Put Queer Women First
“The L Word” was supposed to be the beginning of a new era of teevee shows about the real true lives of lesbian and bisexual women — and although we never quite got there, here are 15 examples of shows that don’t just have queer characters in them, but are also *about* being queer.
Latinx Butches Lit Up Television in 2018
I considered titling this “Latinx Butches 2018: Welcome To The Thirst Trap,” but that didn’t seem very professional, you know?
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.
Autostraddle’s Favorite and Least Favorite Lesbian, Bisexual and Trans TV Characters of 2018
“Is this how cis white dudes feel all the time?”
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.
18 2018 LGBTQ Women of Color TV Characters Crushing It
I don’t know if you’ve felt it yet, but we certainly have. This is the year where lesbian, bisexual, queer, and trans women of color are taking over your television screens.
“Vida” Episode 106 Recap: A Kiss That Never Says Goodbye
It’s Vida’s season finale, but already I want more. We need more of this thoughtful, gut wrenching, unapologetic, queer, brown show in our lives.
“Vida” Episode 105 Recap: Chingonas and Chillonas, Badasses and Cry Babies
“Emma’s grief; her inherited, internalized homophobia; and her sexual frustrations — they are all tangled together. And that’s real, because in life how can you tell? Where does one pain stop and another begin? There’s no easy box to check or line to draw.”
“Vida” Episode 104 Recap: You Can’t F*ck the Pain Away
Emma confesses that the scars of internalized homophobia can span generations. She also finally sleeps with Cruz. Lyn learns that you can’t turn your back on your own forever.
“Vida” Episode 103 Recap: Let’s Talk About Sex, Baby
It isn’t just about the hot sex — though the sex is very hot — it’s about creating spaces where Latinx queer bodies can feel ownership. It’s tearing down shame. It’s about saying that our love, our sex, our sticky sweat is valid. It’s about fighting tooth and nail for pleasure in a world that would rather us be criminalized for waking up in the morning.
“Vida” Episode 102 Recap: Thank You for the Sweet Thing
Do you know who’s a perfect human? Eddy is a perfect human! This is my hill and I’m willing to die on it.