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All 235 Dead Lesbian and Bisexual Characters On TV, And How They Died

Riese

Feb 27, 2023
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We Can’t Hardly Wait for “Brown Girls,” Already My Fave Web Series of 2017

Ashley Ray-Harris

Nov 4, 2016
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105 Trans Women On American TV: A History and Analysis

Riese

Apr 28, 2016
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Autostraddle’s Ultimate Infographic Guide to Dead Lesbian Characters on TV

Heather Hogan

Mar 25, 2016
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All 29 Lesbian and Bisexual TV Characters Who Got Happy Endings

Heather Hogan

Mar 15, 2016
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The Seven Most Influential Queer Girl TV Shows Of The Last Seven Years

Riese

Mar 9, 2016
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10 First-Ever Lesbian Characters On American TV: Killers, Tramps, Thieves and Therapists

Riese

Nov 16, 2015
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Lesbian Kisses On American TV: The Definitive History Of Everybody Freaking Out Over Nothing

Riese

Oct 26, 2015
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When After School Specials Made Gay People Seem Not-So-Special

Riese

Jun 19, 2012

#LGBTFansDeserveBetter

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All 235 Dead Lesbian and Bisexual Characters On TV, And How They Died

So many women who’ve suffered death by television and just-so-happened to also like other women.

Riese —

Feb 27, 2023

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tv news & trailers

We Can’t Hardly Wait for “Brown Girls,” Already My Fave Web Series of 2017

2016 has seen the expansion of black storytelling on major TV networks with shows like Insecure and Atlanta, but Brown Girls’ DIY attitude and background opens up the possibilities of…

Ashley Ray-Harris —

Nov 4, 2016

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105 Trans Women On American TV: A History and Analysis

Autostraddle walks you through the entire history of trans female characters on American television from 1965-2015.

Riese —

Apr 28, 2016

#LGBTFansDeserveBetter

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Autostraddle’s Ultimate Infographic Guide to Dead Lesbian Characters on TV

The dead lesbian TV characters trope is even worse than you think.

Heather Hogan —

Mar 25, 2016

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All 29 Lesbian and Bisexual TV Characters Who Got Happy Endings

Just a little light reading to complement our enormous list of dead TV characters.

Heather Hogan —

Mar 15, 2016

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grey's anatomy

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The Seven Most Influential Queer Girl TV Shows Of The Last Seven Years

In honor of our seventh birthday, a look back on the seven television shows with the biggest impact on the representation of LGBTQ women over the last seven years.

Riese —

Mar 9, 2016

all the things they said

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10 First-Ever Lesbian Characters On American TV: Killers, Tramps, Thieves and Therapists

From lesbian gangs killing old ladies in a nursing home to actresses with Mommy issues to inspirational schoolteachers, these are ten of the first-ever lesbian characters on American primetime television,…

Riese —

Nov 16, 2015

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Lesbian Kisses On American TV: The Definitive History Of Everybody Freaking Out Over Nothing

We’ve come so far since same-sex kisses on television only happened once in a show’s entire run, rarely involved lesbian or bisexual characters and generally were obscured by somebody’s hair!

Riese —

Oct 26, 2015

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When After School Specials Made Gay People Seem Not-So-Special

Curated video from 80’s and 90’s afterschool specials in which being gay was a lot like being a tornado or a flesh-eating virus.

Riese —

Jun 19, 2012