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August 2025: What’s New, Gay and Streaming on Netflix, Prime Video, HBO Max and Apple TV

Well, what we do have is a Diana Taurasi docuseries, new seasons of Invasion and Upload, a new animated series…

Riese

Aug 1, 2025

the two lesbian characters in Dope Girls

TV REVIEWS

Sapphic Historical Drama ‘Dope Girls’ Leaves Too Much Uncooked

Dope Girls aired in the UK earlier this year, drawing from the lesser-known history of…

Sally

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Jul 28, 2025

TV LISTS

20 Thriller TV Shows With Gay Characters Like ‘The Hunting Wives’

Whether you’re looking for secrets lurking beneath a seemingly idyllic suburban landscape or hot jerks…

Riese

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Jul 26, 2025

Margo and Callie in The Hunting Wives about to kiss

TV FEATURE

16 Thoughts I Had While Watching My New Favorite Show ‘The Hunting Wives’

HEIGHT. DIFFERENCE.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Jul 25, 2025

TV REVIEWS

In ‘The Hunting Wives’, All The Women Have Guns and Sex With Each Other

If you’ve ever wondered what it would be like for the homoerotic friendship in your…

Riese

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Jul 24, 2025

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Sapphic Historical Drama ‘Dope Girls’ Leaves Too Much Uncooked

Dope Girls aired in the UK earlier this year, drawing from the lesser-known history of female criminal gangs in interwar London.

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Jul 28, 2025

tv lists

20 Thriller TV Shows With Gay Characters Like ‘The Hunting Wives’

Whether you’re looking for secrets lurking beneath a seemingly idyllic suburban landscape or hot jerks in toxic relationships, there’s an LGBTQ-inclusive thriller out there for you.

Riese —

Jul 26, 2025

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16 Thoughts I Had While Watching My New Favorite Show ‘The Hunting Wives’

HEIGHT. DIFFERENCE.

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Jul 25, 2025

boobs on your tube

Nancy Drew

Maya and Carina kiss at their wedding reception.

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Boobs on Your Tube: Fire House Wedding Bells Send “Station 19” into Summer Hiatus

Plus updates on the season finale of Nancy Drew, Top Chef, New Amsterdam, The Bold Type, and.. did y’all see Cynthia Erivo’s gay new music video?

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Jun 4, 2021

feel good

netflix

Mae (Mae Martin) and George (Charlotte Ritchie) cuddle in bed.

tv reviews

“Feel Good” Season Two Confronts Trauma and Finds Messy Queer Romance

While Feel Good season two is certainly not lacking in laugh-out-loud moments or Mae Martin’s endless charm, it’s also a very heavy experience.

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Jun 4, 2021

Three photo collage: Cruella with some Dalmations on a leash, Hanna Marin with a Parrot, and Captain Holt with his dog Cheddar

tv lists

The 10 Best Fictional Pets Who Started Some Shit

Hey remember when Cruella de Vil’s mom got absolutely bodied by some ravenous Dalmatians and fell over the edge of a cliff and died???

Heather Hogan —

Jun 3, 2021

Glee

i still can't believe

Sweet Marley Rose smiles wearing sunshine yellow against a clear teal background.

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I Still Can’t Believe They Did Marley Rose So Dirty on Glee

I’m here to bitch about the one thing I feel like not enough people speak up about when listing things Glee did wrong, like how they continued to let Matthew…

Valerie Anne —

Jun 3, 2021

jen richards

trans women

Rebecca Breeds as Clarice Starling wearing her FBI jacket is framed in a mirror

tv feature

“Clarice” Proves There’s No Such Thing As a Progressive Procedural

The Silence of the Lambs was right. Trans women and law enforcement are enemies. All it got wrong was the villain.

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Jun 3, 2021

the bold type

the bold type recap

Jane, Sutton and Kat kick off Season 5 with a promise not to keep secrets from each other.

tv show recaps

“Trust Falls” Fail Early on in the Bold Type’s Final Season

“It’s their parting conversation that makes the show’s intention clear: Kat is standing there, telling Eva that her beliefs are causing her actual harm — with Aisha Dee’s eyes brimming…

Natalie —

Jun 2, 2021

The L Word Generation Q Season Two

Alice and SHane in a restaurant in trendy jackets

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Two L Word Generation Q Season 2 Teasers Are Here and Full of Sex, Hair and Hands

Two L Word Generation Q Season 2 Teasers have finally dropped! We’ve got hands on backs and heads going down and facial wounds and bras coming off and A LOT…

Riese —

Jun 1, 2021

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Three-way graphic: first of Mae and George in bed in "Feel Good," the middle of Ayesha in "Lady Parts" and the two characters at the heart of a sapphic romance on "Elite"

tv lists

June 2021: What’s New and Gay To Stream

We’ve got a queer Muslim punk rocker, new episodes of Feel Good and Genera+ion, FINALLY a Sapphic storyline on Elite and so much more streaming in Pride month.

Riese —

Jun 1, 2021

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August 2025: What’s New, Gay and Streaming on Netflix, Prime Video, HBO Max and Apple TV

TV REVIEWS

Sapphic Historical Drama ‘Dope Girls’ Leaves Too Much Uncooked

TV LISTS

20 Thriller TV Shows With Gay Characters Like ‘The Hunting Wives’

TV FEATURE

16 Thoughts I Had While Watching My New Favorite Show ‘The Hunting Wives’

TV REVIEWS

In ‘The Hunting Wives’, All The Women Have Guns and Sex With Each Other

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Sapphic Historical Drama ‘Dope Girls’ Leaves Too Much Uncooked

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20 Thriller TV Shows With Gay Characters Like ‘The Hunting Wives’

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16 Thoughts I Had While Watching My New Favorite Show ‘The Hunting Wives’

Boobs on Your Tube: Fire House Wedding Bells Send “Station 19” into Summer Hiatus

“Feel Good” Season Two Confronts Trauma and Finds Messy Queer Romance

The 10 Best Fictional Pets Who Started Some Shit

I Still Can’t Believe They Did Marley Rose So Dirty on Glee

“Clarice” Proves There’s No Such Thing As a Progressive Procedural

“Trust Falls” Fail Early on in the Bold Type’s Final Season

Two L Word Generation Q Season 2 Teasers Are Here and Full of Sex, Hair and Hands

June 2021: What’s New and Gay To Stream

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August 2025: What’s New, Gay and Streaming on Netflix, Prime Video, HBO Max and Apple TV

TV REVIEWS

Sapphic Historical Drama ‘Dope Girls’ Leaves Too Much Uncooked

TV LISTS

20 Thriller TV Shows With Gay Characters Like ‘The Hunting Wives’

TV FEATURE

16 Thoughts I Had While Watching My New Favorite Show ‘The Hunting Wives’

TV REVIEWS

In ‘The Hunting Wives’, All The Women Have Guns and Sex With Each Other

tv reviews

Sapphic Historical Drama ‘Dope Girls’ Leaves Too Much Uncooked

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20 Thriller TV Shows With Gay Characters Like ‘The Hunting Wives’

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16 Thoughts I Had While Watching My New Favorite Show ‘The Hunting Wives’

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