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feelings atrium

Four Black Queer Writers in Conversation About Jussie Smollett and Holding Up Space for Each Other

This piece was co-written by Natalie, Reneice, Alexis, and Carmen. We’re four of the black members of The Speakeasy, Autostraddle’s collective for its writers of color.

The Speakeasy —

Feb 26, 2019

donald trump is not my president

empire

politics + activism

Empire’s Jussie Smollett Beaten in Racist, Homophobic Attack by Trump Supporters

An attack on a black gay celebrity like Jussie Smollet is also a message sent to his black and gay fans. So today, for all our queer fam out there,…

Carmen Phillips —

Jan 29, 2019

boobs on your tube

empire

tv show recaps

Boobs (On Your) Tube: “Gotham” Still Has No Idea What To Do With Its Bisexual Characters

Just a couple of Conniving Psychotic Bisexuals on Gotham, and a Black lesbian with no agency on Empire. Maggie Sawyer, save us.

Heather Hogan —

Oct 21, 2016

code black

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television

A Gay Girl’s Guide to Fall 2016 TV: Featuring All The Queer Lady Characters Who Haven’t Died (Yet)

Sappho protect us.

Heather Hogan —

Sep 20, 2016

#LGBTFansDeserveBetter

boobs on your tube

television

Boob(s on Your) Tube: “Empire” Failed Its Lesbian Characters In Every Way

And dang, Grey’s Anatomy, can a bisexual Latina get a break?

Heather Hogan —

May 17, 2016

boobs on your tube

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television

Boob(s On Your) Tube: Zero Stars For “Calzona: Civil War”

Could 2016 BE any more brutal for lesbian and bisexual TV characters?

Heather Hogan —

May 6, 2016

boobs on your tube

empire

television

Boob(s On Your) Tube: “Grey’s Anatomy” Gets Ready For Lesbian Divorce Court

Things are getting even dumber between Arizona and Callie, and Cookie has finally met her match!

Heather Hogan —

Apr 29, 2016

boobs on your tube

empire

television

Boob(s On Your) Tube: UnREAL’s “The Faith Diaries” Will Make Your Gay Heart Sing

Unreal’s web-exclsuive series is delightfully gay. Empire is still Empire. And Penny just will not go away on Grey’s.

Heather Hogan —

Apr 15, 2016

boobs on your tube

empire

television

Boob(s On Your) Tube: Empire’s Dead Lesbians Bring The Death Toll to 152

Let’s hope Pippy and TMI didn’t drive off a cliff during Rosewood’s two-week hiatus.

Heather Hogan —

Apr 8, 2016

#LGBTFansDeserveBetter

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television

Serial Lesbian TV Character Killer Strikes Again: “Empire” Murders Two Terrible Women

“If anything, the lesbians should wish for a character like [her] to be killed off since she just preyed on a powerful lesbian in order to fulfill her heterosexual ambitions.”

Riese —

Apr 6, 2016

boobs on your tube

empire

television

Boob(s On Your) Tube: “Empire” Is Back And As Messy As Ever

Queer TV is shaky this year, but there’s another Carmilla-adjacent webseries to bring you joy!

Heather Hogan —

Apr 5, 2016

empire

pop culture fix

Pop Culture Fix: These Two Sitcoms About Lesbians of Color Though

Gosh, so much! Like Amandla Stenberg and Rowan Blanchard being “The New Activists,” two TV pilots centered on lesbians of color (one is a Wanda Sykes project!), the history of…

Riese —

Mar 30, 2016