The Comment Awards Believe In Love and Claws

Sep 4, 2020

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Hi, bugs and butterflies! Your hair (and your antennae) look great today!

This week, well, please read this perfection immediately.

Vote today in Autostraddle’s Third Annual Gay Emmys!

Niecy Nash got married! Everyone is gayyyyyy!

For You Need Help, Kayla answered the age-old question: what do you do when you and your partner have very different sex drives?

Valerie Anne reviewed season 2 of Trinkets, a teen show featuring so many things we love to see, including a song by Mal Blum AND a lil baby Amber Benson-looking love interest for Elodie!

Carmen wrote about the power of watching Set It Off in this, the summer of 2020.

And finally, the team showed us their first date outfits! I only vaguely remember the concepts of both ‘dating’ and ‘outfits,’ but everyone looks so good!!

Then there were your comments.

On “To L and Back” L Word Podcast Episode 504: Let’s Get This Party Started With Shelli Nicole!

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The Lover Cindi Award to…Dawn Denbow’s Lover Cindi:

Great episode! I love it almost as much as I love Dawn Denbow

On Vote Now In Autostraddle’s 3rd Annual Gay Emmys:

The Queernormative Award to BettyOnIt:

These are the only Emmys that matter! Also I’ve been watching all the queer shows recently thanks to all the recommendations that when I saw a man and a woman kissing in one it just seemed unnatural.

On NIECY NASH DONE WENT AND GOT GAY MARRIED:

The Make It So Award to Natalie and msanon:

On “Wynonna Earp” Episode 406: Frog Day Afternoon:

The Ditto Award to Caitlin:

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when they began to ditto propose i shrieked so hard the cat ran from the bed (much like poor calamity jane has apparently run from the show)

On What’s Gay and New and Streaming On Netflix, Amazon, Hulu and HBO Max in September 2020:

The Fruitopia Award to ha:

I watched the Utopia trailer because “sci-fi teen ensemble shows

On No Filter: Sixteen Simply Snatched Photos of Niecy Nash, You Are Welcome!

The Footprints Award to kay:

When my friend messaged me about the wedding I sCreAmed and added her to the “list of queer women who should step on me”.

And the Iconic Award to Tea and Vinyl:

This made my year. I’ve loved Niecy for years, and it made my little bi heart swell to see that a black icon is queer.

On Pop Culture Fix: Merry Christmas, Here’s Your First Look at Kristen Stewart and Mackenzie Davis in Clea DuVall’s Holiday Rom-Com:

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The Scarf It Down Award to vavavoom:

Why are they not wearing scarves ? It’s winter ! Why are people in American movies never wearing scarves in cold weather ? Is it a movie thing ? IS it an American thing ? Is it actually a world thing where no one wears scarves and I’m just obsessed with them because I’m a walking French stereotype ?

And on 7 Hot Queers and Their Go-To First Date Outfits:

The Nominated By Heather Hogan Herself Award to Kerri:

From now until forever, any time Shelli contributes to anything I will mentally add, “It’s so dope that I get to kiss all up on people’s daughters.

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Darcy

Darcy, a.k.a. Queer Girl, is your number one fan. They’re a fat feminist from California who doodles hearts in the corners of their Gay Agenda. They’re living through a pandemic, they’re on Twitter, and they think you should drink more water! They also wanna make you laugh.