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What Songs From Gay TV Episodes Make You Cry in Public?

“I used to joke that it’s the song I want to get married to. And maybe I’m not joking.”

The TV Team —

Aug 14, 2020

"personality cult"

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What Are Your Five TV Shows To Get To Know You?

The Autostraddle TV Team takes on Twitter’s “Five TV Shows to Get to Know Me” meme. Yes, our relationships with television are perfectly fine and healthy THANKS.

The TV Team —

Feb 12, 2020

the speakeasy

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the l word: generation q

Nine Queer Writers of Color on “Generation Q” and The L Word’s Legacy of Whiteness

The L Word: Generation Q featured 12 new queer characters of color in its first season, but media conversations about the show have largely remained driven by white points of…

The Speakeasy —

Jan 28, 2020

jane the virgin

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A Gay Television History of “Jane the Virgin”

A definitive look back on the greatest, gayest show about a heterosexual romance of our time.

The TV Team —

Aug 23, 2019

netflix

OITNB

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“Orange Is the New Black” Changed Everything We Thought We Knew About Queer TV

As “Orange is the New Black” wraps up its seven-season run, our TV team weighs in on the show’s legacy — the good and the bad.

The TV Team —

Jul 26, 2019

l word season one

to l and back

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<em>The L Word’</em>s Lisa The Lesbian-Identified Man: A Trans Symposium

“What do we in want from and for Lisa in 2019? Justice for him, or peace of mind for us? The desire to reach back in time and pull him…

Riese —

May 23, 2019

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A Brief History of Lesbian Sex on TV: From Late Night Hair-Brushing to Primetime Scissoring

With Gillian Anderson’s Sex Education landing on Netflix, it feels like the perfect time to gather our TV Team and talk about sex on TV, specifically queer sex on TV, and its evolution…

The TV Team —

Jan 17, 2019

bad behavior

in defense of jenny schecter

issues

TV Team Roundtable: Our Favorite Lesbian and Bisexual Girls Behaving Badly

“My armor was a smile, Santana’s was an insult. And bless her for it.”

The TV Team —

Aug 16, 2018

buffy the vampire slayer

Ellen Degeneres

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TV Team Roundtable: Seeing Our Baby Gay Selves in Our Favorite Baby TV Gays

“I felt connected to her on a deep level — she is the only girl I’ve written an entire zine about — but wasn’t ready to really engage with it.”

The TV Team —

Jul 26, 2018

Glee

Orange is the New Black – Lesbian & Queer Storylines

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TV Team Roundtable: How We Handle TV That Breaks Our Hearts (Or Makes Us Want to Break the TV)

Here’s how we handle TV that lets us down, the shows we think successfully turned it around, and our ultimate dealbreakers.

The TV Team —

Jul 5, 2018

jane the virgin

Roundtables

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TV Team Roundtable: Just Some “Jane the Virgin” Petramos True Believers Over Here

“Nothing the show will throw at me will ever doubt my faith in the foundation of their love. NOTHING!! So don’t even try it, Jane the Virgin. This is an…

The TV Team —

Apr 24, 2018