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

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

    The Speakeasy
    Feb 26, 2019
  • Empire’s Jussie Smollett Beaten in Racist, Homophobic Attack by Trump Supporters
    politics + activism

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

    Carmen Phillips
    Jan 29, 2019
  • Boobs (On Your) Tube: “Gotham” Still Has No Idea What To Do With Its Bisexual Characters
    tv show recaps

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

    Heather Hogan
    Oct 21, 2016
  • A Gay Girl’s Guide to Fall 2016 TV: Featuring All The Queer Lady Characters Who Haven’t Died (Yet)
    television

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

    Heather Hogan
    Sep 20, 2016
  • Four Black Queer Writers in Conversation About Jussie Smollett and Holding Up Space for Each Other
    politics + activism

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

    The Speakeasy
    Feb 26, 2019
  • Empire’s Jussie Smollett Beaten in Racist, Homophobic Attack by Trump Supporters
    politics + activism

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

    Carmen Phillips
    Jan 29, 2019
  • Boobs (On Your) Tube: “Gotham” Still Has No Idea What To Do With Its Bisexual Characters
    tv show recaps

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

    Heather Hogan
    Oct 21, 2016
  • A Gay Girl’s Guide to Fall 2016 TV: Featuring All The Queer Lady Characters Who Haven’t Died (Yet)
    television

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

    Heather Hogan
    Sep 20, 2016
empire
feelings atrium
Four Black Queer Writers in Conversation About Jussie Smollett and Holding Up Space for Each Other
politics + activism

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
Empire’s Jussie Smollett Beaten in Racist, Homophobic Attack by Trump Supporters
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
Boobs (On Your) Tube: “Gotham” Still Has No Idea What To Do With Its Bisexual Characters
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
empire
A Gay Girl’s Guide to Fall 2016 TV: Featuring All The Queer Lady Characters Who Haven’t Died (Yet)
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
Boob(s on Your) Tube: “Empire” Failed Its Lesbian Characters In Every Way
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
empire
Boob(s On Your) Tube: Zero Stars For “Calzona: Civil War”
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
Boob(s On Your) Tube: “Grey’s Anatomy” Gets Ready For Lesbian Divorce Court
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
Boob(s On Your) Tube: UnREAL’s “The Faith Diaries” Will Make Your Gay Heart Sing
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
Boob(s On Your) Tube: Empire’s Dead Lesbians Bring The Death Toll to 152
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
empire
Serial Lesbian TV Character Killer Strikes Again: “Empire” Murders Two Terrible Women
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
Boob(s On Your) Tube: “Empire” Is Back And As Messy As Ever
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
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
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