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Nick and Charlie look at each other lovingly in Paris

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“Heartstopper” Season 2 Is Gayer and More Wholesome Than Ever

Gay grown-ups! More trans characters! One our faves comes out as asexual! Get ready to have your own personal heart wrapped up in a warm hug!

Heather Hogan —

Aug 7, 2023

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top row: heartstopper, shelter, red white and royal blue, how to blow up a pipeline. bottom row: breeders, rap sh!t, billions, high school musical, nailed it baking challenge, ladies of hip hop

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August 2023: What’s New and Gay To Stream

Get ready to have your heart warmed by Season 2 of Heartstopper and “Red, White and Royal Blue” and we’ve also got a new Harlan Coben thriller teeming with queers,…

Riese —

Aug 1, 2023

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Janai caresses Amay's face in The Dragon Prince season five

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Queer Couple Janai and Amaya Get Even Cuter in “The Dragon Prince” Season 5

One of my all-time favorite action-adventure tropes is when there’s a very level-headed, stoic, calm and collected lady-hero — who goes absolutely feral when her girlfriend is in danger.

Heather Hogan —

Jul 28, 2023

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Mavis, a fat light skinned Black woman with curly hair, wears a black shirt with puffy blue sleeves and an umbrella in Survival of the Thickest.

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Survival of the Thickest Celebrates Big Titties and Freckles, but Misses the Thread on Queerness

Fat Black girls are worthy of the care, affection, warmth and humor that come with being the heroine of our own love stories.

Carmen Phillips —

Jul 18, 2023

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Netflix’s “Nimona” Is The Most Delightfully Queer Animated Movie Ever

Your loss, Disney!

Heather Hogan —

Jul 5, 2023

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Three actors perform on stage at El Dorado

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“Eldorado: Everything the Nazis Hate” Captures a History of Life and Death

I know, statistically, even if none of my living relatives are queer that there have been queer people in my family’s past — clandestine meetings, grand love stories, one night…

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Jul 3, 2023

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july 2023 streaming guide collage: Good Omens, Survival of the Thickest, Minx, The Afterparty. Bottom row: A Little White Lie, Real Housewives of New York, A Little White Lie, Brandi Carlile, The Donor Party, Harley Quinn, What We Do In the Shadows

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July 2023: What’s New and Gay To Stream

We’ve got new seasons of Good Omens, The Afterparty and Minx; Jenna Lyons joining the Real Housewives of New York, Brandi Carlile in Laurel Canyon, locker room makeouts in Netflix’s…

Riese —

Jul 1, 2023

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never have i ever

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“Never Have I Ever Season Four” Stepped Right Into the Affirmative Action Debate

As in previous seasons, it’s hard not to feel that a show that’s theoretically about raising the profile of an often-misrepresented racial minority in America, instead completely misrepresents racism as…

himani —

Jun 26, 2023

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June 2023 Streaming guide: Jaggged Mind, Love Allways, And Just Like That, The Crowded Room. Second row: Star Trek Strange New Worlds, Glamorous, Never Have I Ever, Drag Me to Dinner, The Lake, Linoleum

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June 2023: What’s New and Gay To Stream

We’ve got new seasons of Never Have I Ever and And Just Like That…, a pansexual Gen Z dating show, Maisie Richardson-Sellers and Shannon Woodward in a lesbian thriller, wildly…

Riese —

Jun 1, 2023

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Alin Szewczyk as Tosiek and Jan Cieciara as Leon, lean their heads against each other at night with a city skyline behind them.

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“Fanfic” is a Sweet, Gay Trans Boy Coming-of-Age Tale

The coming-of-age romcom moments had me yearning for a time when trans movies are allowed to exist without the burden of teaching.

Drew Burnett Gregory —

May 19, 2023

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A black and white photo of Missy Byrum and Anna Nicole Smith, with Missy kissing Anna's cheek

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Anna Nicole Smith’s Bisexuality Takes Center Stage As Secret Girlfriend Missy Byrum Tells Her Story

The new Anna Nicole Smith documentary “You Don’t Know Me” features Anna’s ex-girlfriend as one of its primary sources, adding her story to an abundant but rarely discussed aspect of…

Riese —

May 17, 2023

Hannah Gadsby

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Hannah Gadsby’s New Comedy Special Is a Hilarious, Feel Good Way To Spend an Hour

I love their more serious work, but I hope this new mix of levity is here to stay as well.

Sa’iyda Shabazz —

May 12, 2023