transparent

pose

transparent

tv feature

Our Lady J on “Transparent,” “Pose,” and Returning To Live Performance

“I want to remind anyone who is reading this that it is possible to survive. There is a richness in our history that we can call upon to learn how…

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Oct 24, 2023

broad city

judaism

tv feature

We Need More Jewish Queer Women On The Teevee

We lost a lot of queer Jewish characters this year, and we’ve never needed them more.

Riese —

Dec 31, 2019

amazon prime video

transparent

tv reviews

We Honestly Loved the Transparent Musicale Finale and Fondly Recall This Profoundly Jewish Queer TV Show

“Being out of the closet is really intense when you’re related to Shelly Pfefferman.”

Riese —

Sep 27, 2019

personal essay

transgender

first person

“Transparent” Changed Me (And TV) Forever

“Do you have something to tell us?” my mom joked. It was a joke, because of course I didn’t. “No,” I said with a laugh. And I thought I was…

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Sep 23, 2019

Faking It

gimme sugar

tv lists

Cast Full of Lesbians: 15 TV Shows That Put Queer Women First

“The L Word” was supposed to be the beginning of a new era of teevee shows about the real true lives of lesbian and bisexual women — and although we…

Riese —

Feb 22, 2019

bi week 2017

broad city

tv lists

17 Bisexual Women TV Characters Who Thwarted Tropes and Won Your Hearts

Sometimes, on a rare harvest moon when the mermaids sing and the unicorns take flight, we’re treated to really authentic, layered, swoon-worthy portrayals of bisexual women on our favorite shows.

The TV Team —

Sep 23, 2018

degrassi

end-of-year-list

tv feature

In 2017, Lesbian and Bisexual TV Characters Did Pretty OK, and That’s a Pretty Big Deal

2017 somehow turned out to be the best year ever for lesbian and bisexual women on television — but we’ve still got a ways to go.

Riese —

Jan 2, 2018

2017 end-of-year-list

brooklyn 99

television

2017’s 18 Best Episodes of Lesbian, Bisexual and Trans TV

These were entire TV episodes that paid off queer storylines that had been building, or approached lesbian and bisexual and trans stuff in ways we’ve never really seen on-screen, or…

the team —

Dec 22, 2017

2017 end-of-year-list

american horror story

television

Autostraddle’s Favorite and Least Favorite Lesbian, Bisexual, and Trans Women TV Characters of 2017

2017 was the best of times and the worst of times. LOL JK it was the absolute worst of times. But the queer TV was pretty good.

the team —

Dec 19, 2017

amazon prime video

trans women

tv reviews

“Transparent” Without Jeffrey Tambor: More Trans Women, More Potential Revolution

As cis white men are forced out of Hollywood to face repercussions for their actions, this could become an important moment for traditionally marginalized voices to tell stories in ways…

Mey —

Nov 21, 2017

amazon prime video

judaism

tv reviews

Transparent Season Four Finds Its Heart by Keeping It in the Family

Transparent isn’t a show about any single person. It’s a show about family. That’s what it’s always been and when it focuses on that, it’s at its absolute best.

Mey —

Sep 28, 2017

epic

Lists/Top 10s

tv lists

31 Most Critically Acclaimed Queerish TV Shows Streaming On Netflix and Amazon

Planning on spending a lot of time on the couch? Here are 31 shows that would be good even without lesbian, bisexual and otherwise-identified queer female characters but luckily, they…

Riese —

Mar 21, 2017