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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…

Sally

Jul 28, 2025

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Cat holds up a pool ball and makes a sex joke on The Rig.

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Prime Video’s “The Rig” Has “Doctor Who” Vibes and a Scottish Butch Lesbian

If you keep punching the Earth, it’s going to punch back!

Heather Hogan —

Jan 8, 2023

elite

netflix

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“Elite” Season 6 Is a Mess — and Not the Fun Kind

Season six brutally buries a gay, becomes reductive in its trans storytelling, and generally misses the mark.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Jan 6, 2023

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Dr. Mary Malone looks at Dust through the Amber Spyglass

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HBO’s “His Dark Materials” Makes The Garden of Eden Gloriously Gay

Dr. Mary Malone reveals that she’s a lesbian in series finale. It’s a revolutionary change from the books.

Heather Hogan —

Dec 29, 2022

gossip girl

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Monet de Haan sits with her arms crossed in the courtyard, she has on a blue coat and black leather gloves, and Blair Waldorf's signature headband.

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“Gossip Girl” Crowned a Black Lesbian Debutante the New Blair Waldorf

Rewriting Blair Waldorf as a Black lesbian who knows what it means to be sidelined, and who refuses to go back into the shadow? It’s pure gold.

Carmen Phillips —

Dec 19, 2022

peacock

Gaite Jansen and Carla Gugino are naked and entangled in bed.

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No Clue What Happened on “Leopard Skin” but Carla Gugino as a Mean Queer Psychic Domme? Yes

Watching Leopard Skin feels like a horny fever dream.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Dec 12, 2022

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willow

Jade and Kit smile while standing right next to each other

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Disney+’s “Willow” Has Multiple Queer Characters to Root For

In this story, our princess would much rather end up in the arms of her best friend.

Nic —

Dec 9, 2022

Andor

disney

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Andor’s Lesbian Couple and the Messy History of Queerness in the Star Wars Universe

To say that Star Wars’ march toward having any sort of visible queer representation has been fraught would be an understatement.

Nic Anstett —

Dec 1, 2022

Dead to Me

netflix

Michelle and Judy snuggle up in bed post-sex

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“Dead to Me” Season 3 Is a Bittersweet Goodbye

The third and final season of Dead To Me is an ode to the platonic love between a queer woman and her straight best friend.

Valerie Anne —

Nov 22, 2022

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netflix

‘Heartbreak High’ Somehow Gets Even Gayer in Season Two

Bisexual love triangles, queer awakenings, and messy desires abound.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

Darren in Heartbreak High saying "Literally everyone is queer now" in Heartbreak High

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Adventure Time

cartoons

“Steven Universe” and the Importance of All-Ages Queer Representation

Up until now, the assumption had been that Garnet was a single Gem like Pearl and Amethyst. However, the truth is much more romantic.

Mey —

Mar 13, 2015

Daily Fix

greatest hits

‘Twenties’ is Everything We’ve Been Asking For in a Television Show

The studios are trying to pass on a pilot by a queer woman of color about a queer woman of color and her friends. Surprise surprise. Watch ‘Twenties’ now to…

Brittani —

Aug 14, 2013

greatest hits

OITNB

Orange is the New Black: 7 Things We Should Talk About

It’s important to be super fucking aware of why this show resonates so deeply with people, and I wanna know what y’all think. [SPOILER ALERT: all the spoilers]

gabby —

Jul 21, 2013

greatest hits

interview

“That’s What She Said” is Queer Asian America In Your Face

Why a group of six queer Asian American women are producing, acting in, and writing a groundbreaking queer web series, and why you should care.

Whitney Pow —

Aug 9, 2011

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