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Mae Martin’s Queer Horror Netflix Series Will Mess With Your Head

Wayward is not some work of science-fiction; it captures real-life horror.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

Sep 25, 2025

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Mae Martin’s Queer Horror Netflix Series Will Mess With Your Head

Wayward is not some work of science-fiction; it captures real-life horror.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Sep 25, 2025

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‘Women Wearing Shoulder Pads’ Is Full of Laughs, Lesbians, and Guinea Pigs

Think of any Pedro Almodóvar movie you’ve seen, make it as silly as possible, and then you’d get Gonzalo Cordova’s hilarious and visually imaginative Women Wearing Shoulder Pads.

Rendy Jones —

Aug 30, 2025

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Netflix’s ‘Amy Bradley Is Missing’ Gives a Cold Case a New Queer Angle

Amy’s sexuality was kept hush-hush for nearly three decades.

Gabe Dunn —

Aug 14, 2025

the two lesbian characters in Dope Girls

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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.

Sally —

Jul 28, 2025

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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 favorite campy psychological thriller to become actual lesbian sex, have I got the show for…

Riese —

Jul 24, 2025

the two lesbian characters on Hell Motel

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Satanic Slasher Series ‘Hell Motel’ Has Lesbians and Blood Sacrifice if You’re Into That Sort of Thing

For all the thrills and bloodspill, the scariest part of the show might be…its portrayal of heterosexuality?

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Jul 12, 2025

Queer actors Megan Stalter and Emily Ratajkowski look at each other dressed in black in Lena Dunham's Too Much on Netflix

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On Lena Dunham’s ‘Too Much’ Queer Actors Perform Straight Chaos

Megan Stalter is a fitting lead for a Lena Dunham series that trades the realism of Girls for broad comedy, formal experimentation, and big romcom moments.

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Jul 10, 2025

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Marvel’s ‘Ironheart’ Showcases the Beauty, Depth, and Breadth of the Black Experience — Including Queerness

So far, Ironheart is everything I love about the MCU when they let themselves have fun. And it’s not NOT gay.

Nic —

Jun 27, 2025

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‘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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“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

‘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

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

“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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Mae Martin’s Queer Horror Netflix Series Will Mess With Your Head

Mae Martin’s Queer Horror Netflix Series Will Mess With Your Head

‘Women Wearing Shoulder Pads’ Is Full of Laughs, Lesbians, and Guinea Pigs

Netflix’s ‘Amy Bradley Is Missing’ Gives a Cold Case a New Queer Angle

Sapphic Historical Drama ‘Dope Girls’ Leaves Too Much Uncooked

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

Satanic Slasher Series ‘Hell Motel’ Has Lesbians and Blood Sacrifice if You’re Into That Sort of Thing

On Lena Dunham’s ‘Too Much’ Queer Actors Perform Straight Chaos

Marvel’s ‘Ironheart’ Showcases the Beauty, Depth, and Breadth of the Black Experience — Including Queerness

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