This year’s inaugural Gay Emmys were fun, huh? There were so many gay shows we had OUR OWN EMMYS to honor them! In fact, there were so many shows that we couldn’t even fit them all into our Emmys! We left like three-quarters of the gay TV shows behind! It felt so good to see that reality before our eyes. Did it satiate us? Friends, no! It only made us hungrier! These last few weeks, we’ve been prowling around our TV Team Slack channel feeding each other’s incandescent bewilderment that all shows aren’t gay. And so of course we made a list. Here are 20 TV shows that always make us yell MAKE IT GAY, YOU COWARDS at our televisions and at each other.
The Good Place
Heather: Listen, Eleanor Shellstrop is bisexual and that’s canon and I’m not going to argue about it. HOWEVER, enough tip-toeing around her feelings for Tahani. Let’s see that attraction and affection play out ON OUR TEEVEES. The Good Place is one of my can’t-miss shows and I’m going to watch it forever. I love Eleanor and I love Chidi but I just do not buy them together. (And I am not immune to the charms of straight couple will-they/won’t-they storylines, okay? Pam and Jim are one of my all-time favorite TV couples.) Anything can happen on this show. Anything. Maya Rudolph is God. Stop forcing what’s not there, Michael Schur. You’ve done it before, do it again: Make it gay!
Valerie Anne: COSIGNED IN PERMANENT INK.
Carmen: X3.
Doctor Who
Heather: Obviously the Doctor is canonically queer. Her wife is/was River Song. Now I want to see them interact with each other while the Doctor is a woman. I’m not just saying this because Alex Kingston is one of the great loves of my life (along with Viola Davis and Stacy); I’m saying it because it adds a very fascinating dynamic to an already established story and all these dillhole straight white men have already said they won’t watch Jodie Whittaker in the TARDIS so why not just go all in, you know? “You and me. Time and space. Watch us run.” GIVE IT TO ME.
Insecure
Carmen: This is my hill, and I am willing to die on it. IT MAKES NO SENSE THAT NONE OF THE BLACK GIRLS ON INSECURE ARE GAY. I’m only a year younger than Issa Rae. I’ve known many crews of young, black “woke millennial” homegirls who saw each other through turbulent times. Do you what was true about every one of those crews? Especially in cities like LA? At least one of them was queer. It doesn’t have to be Issa (though that is a mighty lesbian wardrobe that she’s always wearing, full of graphic tees and sweatshirts and cute natural hairstyles), it doesn’t even have to be Molly, the up-and-coming lawyer. But I am putting my foot down, there’s no way that Kelli – the body positive, sex positive, hilarious, accountant – isn’t sexually fluid.
I should point out that after two years of pretending that black queer women didn’t exist at all, the currently airing season of Insecure finally paid passing homage to the women of #BlackGaySlay. Issa had a black lesbian couple in the back of her Lyft once, and she commented how cute they were. While the crew partied at Beychella, Kelli made a quip that she’d hook up with a woman because “Janelle Monae made it OK.” Which only furthers my point! She’s the one! It’s time to stop being a coward Issa, and go there already.
The Flash
Valerie Anne: The Flash is the only show in the CWDCTV universe who hasn’t given us a recurring queer lady at all over the entire course of the series so far. Arrow had Sara and Nyssa (though now has none), Supergirl has Alex, Black Lightning has Anissa, Legends is the gayest show on the CW. But the closest thing The Flash has is the relationship between Caitlin Snow and Killer Frost which is just confusing. Actually that’s not true, the closest they came was when the villain of last season took a new body that happened to be a woman and still slow-danced with his wife who he was drugging, which is worse than confusing, it’s downright awful. Give me a lesbian speedster, a bisexual meta, anything. Here, look, after a quick Google search I’ve decided that they should add Andrea Martinez aka The Comet, a canonically queer DC Comics character. And she can date Caitlin and/or Killer Frost. Boom. Solved it.
Superstore
Natalie: Superstore is the best show on television you’re probably not watching. I love it so much. It shines a light on blue collar Americans — you know, like Roseanne, but without the tokenism or the repugnant racism — and tackles the issues in a beautifully subversive and hilarious way. How could this already great show get even better? Give the people what they want, Justin Spitzer: make Dina gay!
I get why they didn’t make the character gay to start with: having this blunt, aggressive, power-hungry, arrogant, mean female character be a lesbian would’ve been a bit too stereotypical for this socially conscious show (a la Kerry Weaver on ER). But, with the fourth season of Superstore just around the corner (you’ve still got time to catch up on Netflix!), I think both the show and the character are in a place where they can take that stereotype and turn it on its head. What if lesbianing was the one thing that Dina Fox couldn’t conquer effortlessly? What if developing feelings for a woman turned Dina into the emotional mess that she’s always criticizing Amy for being? There’s so much comedy gold that could be mined, Superstore… all you gotta do is make her gay.
The Gifted
Valerie Anne: It should be illegal to have Amy Acker, who played lesbian icon Root on Person of Interest, on a TV show and not have a single lady for her to flirt with. Or even baby gays for her to support knowingly. Also it’s been said many, many times, but learning you have powers/the entire X-Men deal is such a strong allegory for queerness that it’s a damn shame they don’t have a single lesbian lurking around the mutant safehouse.
Murphy Brown Reboot
Carmen: I was approximately between two and ten years old when the original Murphy Brown aired, so my memories of it are fuzzy. Here’s the biggest highlight: Murphy Brown was at its core about feminism and the realities women face in the workplace. If the promos for the reboot are to be believed, that much hasn’t changed.
When people say a television show is about feminism, in my brain I hear l-e-s-b-i-a-n.
So.
Heather: Mmm hmm.
Westworld
Riese: At the beginning of this season Erin mentioned the “three timelines” from last season and I was like WOW this show never makes any sense to me, yet I keep watching it! Even more confusing than the three timelines? The lack of lesbian action. There’s some, sure. Like, THE TINIEST AMOUNT POSSIBLE. But not nearly enough!
Blindspot
Valerie Anne: HOW ARE YOU GOING TO TELL ME PATTERSON IS STRAIGHT, FAM?! I don’t believe it. I won’t! Maybe I’ve been watching too much Critical Role, but in my humble and gay opinion, Ashley Johnson has queer vibes pouring off her and it feels rude for the show to not be leaning into that (the way it seems the video game The Last of Us is doing with the character she voices). There was definitely also a point I thought Zapata was going to fall for a lady but alas. Ever since Blindspot buried their gays so hard in early seasons, they’ve done nothing to make up for it. I don’t want to quit the show (have you SEEN JAIMIE ALEXANDER), but I need a lesbian to hook me, if you know what I mean.
Natalie: I agree with you wholeheartedly on this very important subject, Valerie — I mean, Patterson thought about getting a cat, despite the fact that she’s allergic, and if that doesn’t scream gay, I don’t know what does. You’re right, after the killing off two lesbians and shipping the other one off to Paraguay or something, Blindspot owes us this. That said, let’s be clear about something: Natasha “Tasha” Zapata is a bisexual goddess who is so clearly in love with her best friend who she (mistakenly) believes is straight. The writers need to just go ahead and make that canon.
(Also Tasha totally had a crush on Kalinda Sharma Nas Kamala but, c’mon, it’s Archie Panjabi… who wouldn’t?)
Last season, Patterson’s dad stopped by the FBI labs and everyone’s shocked to learn that Patterson’s dad is Bill Nye the Science Guy. Know who’s not shocked, though? Tasha Zapata, because she’s already done her due diligence and met her future girlfriend’s parents. And when Bill Nye discovers that Patterson and Tasha are fighting, her urges his daughter to make amends and in doing so, parallels their relationship and his marriage. Even Bill Nye knows!
It’s ironic that a show called Blindspot wouldn’t be able to recognize that the true love story isn’t between Tasha and Reade (stop trying to make me like them together, I will not!), but between Tasha and Patterson. It’s only because Patterson rejected her last season — she was mad that Tasha kept secrets about her torturous ex which, I mean: VALID — that Tasha even went to Reade. He’s the rebound. Blindspot writers, why can’t you see that?!
Single Parents
Riese: This show hasn’t started yet, so I haven’t seen it yet, but it is absolute blasphemy that a show about single parents does not feature ANY lesbian Moms.
Carmen: ESPECIALLY one that stars Leighton Meester in that blue blazer and those chucks on her feet.
Heather: Serena’s out now. You’re turn, Waldorf.
Big Little Lies
Riese: The only logical endgame here is: two beautiful women drink white wine. Cut to a shot of the beach. Cut back to a shot of the two women, except now they’re having sex.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Natalie: Sometimes when you unwittingly end up shipping non-canon couples and you talk about it publicly, people (read: the straights) start to look at you strangely. It’s not their fault really, they haven’t spent a lifetime mining subtext for some inkling of representation so, of course, they don’t get it. But, if you bring up the fact that Olivia Margaret Benson of SVU should be gay and that she and the love of her life Alexandra Cabot should be building a family together, even the straights are like, “you right.”
EVEN THE STRAIGHTS CAN SEE IT!
Last year they brought Stephanie March back to SVU for a very special episode and Alex and Olivia didn’t even end up making out! I mean, what was even the point?! You’re 20 seasons into SVU‘s run, NBC, there’s no reason that in 20GAYTEEN, Olivia Benson should still be denying what even the straights can see: SHE’S GAY.
So, so very gay.
Agents of SHIELD
Valerie Anne: Similar to why at least one of the mutants in The Gifted should be gay, same goes for inhumans on SHIELD. I know my dream ship of Skimmons will never sail, but I don’t think it’s unreasonable to hope that Daisy is bisexual. I mean the name she originally chose for herself was Skye. So gay. She hasn’t had a love interest in a minute, maybe some superpowered babe can drop by next season and quake things up for her. (Get it? Quake? I’ll be here all week.)
The Rookie
Natalie: I’m not holding out much hope for the new fall season — I haven’t seen a single trailer that surprised me with any lady loving characters that I didn’t already know about — but if I have to pick the new show most likely to have a lesbian or bisexual character, I’m going to go with ABC’s The Rookie.
Now, to be sure, there’s not much in the trailer that suggests that lesbianism might be happening on the show, but “lesbian cop” is a well worn television trope for a reason. The cast boasts four main women. We know one gets involved with Nathan Fillion’s character, so she’s out, leaving: Afton Williamson, Alyssa Diaz and Mercedes Mason. The short pixie cut has me leaning in Williamson’s direction, but something about Alyssa Diaz’s swagger in her uniform has me thinking that she might be ABC’s newest queer character.
Midnight, Texas
Valerie Anne: Everyone knows all witches are queer and I’m not sure why Midnight, Texas refuses to admit it. I guess what I’m realizing is, when there is a supernatural element to a show, I cannot accept that there are no lesbians as far as the eye can see. How are you going to have angels and demons and witches and psychics and vampires and not ONE SINGLE QUEER PERSON. This town is full of outcasts and misfits, and I feel like we fit the bill, especially in a place like Texas. I really enjoyed the first season of this show but I want to REALLY LOVE it this season. So you know what to do, show.
This Is Us
Carmen: The Pearsons are an idyllic, if weepy, modern American family. They love each other across race and class differences. They share meals, and fight, and harbor old secrets for decades that they always eventually forgive each other for. They’re custom designed in the liberal Hollywood TV making factory to have you cry into a box of kleenex every week. Granted, Randall’s birth father (masterfully portrayed by Ron Cephas Jones in a historic Emmy winning performance) was bisexual, but he left us nearly two years ago!
As the Pearson family keeps expanding, it’s time for one of the women to come out of the closet. Are you trying to tell me that this is somehow the only big messy family in America without a gay cousin or aunt? I mean, doesn’t Beth Pearson come from a tribe of sisters? And a cousin who’s also like her sister? You want me to believe that zero of them are gay? C’mon!
One of the major mysteries of the new season involves a fast forward, which means we will get to know currently angsty pre-teen Tess as adult social worker Tess. An empathetic social worker with a cute wardrobe who specializes in foster care and child adoption? Sounds like she is the one we’ve been waiting for.
Supergirl
Heather: Look, I know Supergirl‘s already gay. Alex Danvers is one of my all-time favorite lesbians. I know what she had with Maggie was so special, and it was a goddamn delight and gloriously heartbreaking watching their story. I know Alex is getting a new girlfriend this season, and I am excited. BUT I have been watching Katie McGrath have queer chemistry with every woman (and inanimate object she brushed up against) since Merlin. When she came to Supergirl, I incorrectly told Valerie not to lean in too hard to the subtext in her recaps. I just thought, you know, I didn’t want another Faberry/Brittana war on our hands. Now I just have this build up of ANGSTY GAYNESS trapped inside me and have had to ask Valerie to murder me because of it in Slack more than once.
Valerie Anne: “KARA DANVERS, YOU ARE MY HERO,” SHE SAID, TO THE WOMAN WE’RE SUPPOSED TO BELIEVE IS JUST HER GAL PAL.
Outlander
Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya: Especially because it is on Starz, which has been really great on the Make It Gay front lately (see: Vida and Black Sails), it is incredibly frustrating that in three whole seasons of historical/sci-fi/fantasy/romance series Outlander there has been nary a lesbian. EVEN THOUGH CLAIRE AND GEILLIS HAVE JUST AS MUCH CHEMISTRY AS CLAIRE AND JAMIE, A HILL (IN THE HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLAND) THAT I AM WILLING TO DIE ON. Sure, it’s based on an incredibly hetero book series, but the show has already taken some liberties by deviating from it’s source material, so is it really so much to ask for a lesbian or two or a hint of bisexuality for Claire who lbr already exudes Big Bi Energy?
Sesame Street
Riese: Sorry, I had to.
Okay now you tell us your MAKE IT GAY, YOU COWARDS television shows.
Look Supergirl writers, Lena and Kara are just meant to be.
I know there is already a very meaningful lesbian on the show, but Kara and Lena simply don’t click with anyone else. I don’t make the rules!
Also, after the whole Trump and impending Pence disaster, this is the time to truly shine the light, be heroes and let be what wants to be.
Which is Kara and Lena together.
I haven’t wrung my hands to the heavens this hard since Regina and Emma.
The opportunities for storytelling are just so extraordinarily great!
The alternatives so abysmal.
A girl can dream.
P.S.: Caitlin and Amunet totally had a thing on the Flash.
Tahani is almost too perfect, but why should that stop anyone?
Totally agree with big little lies. Honestly Nicole Kidman and shailene woodley’s characters had so much chemistry in my opinion and I feel like they would be perfect together?
i agree! plus they both wanted to kill the same man, and nothing bonds two women together like shared trauma!!
I always have mixed feelings about NCIS:LA because Sam and Callen are way more than just partners and the show constantly throws in these little comments about how married they are etc. but Sam had a wife, until they killed her off and they call each other brother. But how good would it be if they actually realised they loved each other in a different kind of way?
I know, not lesbians. But I’m a die hard slasher!
Tbh I’m still waiting for the not lesbian but still queer destiel to become canon. (Dean Winchester and Castiel from Supernatural) I’m a massive fangirl, true, but I’m pretty sure this is seen among non fangirls too.
I guess it has to do with the writers thinking that because it is a show about guns and monsters and cars and classic rock and violence it will attract redneck men, when in reality most fans seem to be queer women in their 20s and 30s… Bring it on! IT’S ON THE CW WTF GUYS IT’S LIKE THE QUEEREST CHANNEL OUT THERE. (at least, that’s the way it seams from across the Atlantic)
I am however very happy that the writers have added more queer characters, without being too stereotypical, in the last seasons; compared to the mess they made in the early seasons of female characters and queer content.
I just want Rowena to get a girlfriend (here’s that whole thing about witches and queerness again). Is that too much to ask?!
No that would be awesome!
halt and catch fire was a good show but i’m on 2nd season and still can’t believe that cameron howe is straight and she will never marry donna clark and live happily ever after in san junipero. or something like that :(
Mh. I actually like that they’re not romantic. It’s one of the best depiction of female (professional) friendship I’ve seen on tv. It’s bzautifully nuanced and raw and honest and it has nothing to do with sexual tension, in a way that we haven’t seen friendship portrayed ever before.
true! the rational part of me agree with you, the other is on tumblr right now looking for gifs of them together :D
I think
– Cameron should have been bi
– Cameron and Donna should still have been completely platonic life partners.
There’s plenty of other women Cameron could have gotten together with! Endless opportunities for writing a new character.
It might be more interesting if Donna was bi though, now that I think about it. Imagine Donna in a relationship with a fellow boss ass woman and Cameron just being a very supportive friend and ally. I could dig that too. Or make them all queer – what’s the downside, really?
my god, donna as a bi woman, i can see that <3
ohhh I could have seen Donna/Diane happen!
cameron howe being straight was devastating to me, and i only accepted it because i understood that they had to make her straight because her love interest was bi, and there are like no bi male characters on tv. but it felt like a personal attack that she never at any point dated a woman! or got drunk and slept with donna….
yeah, maybe in a sense they did a plot twist of the plot twist. she looks gay but surprise, she’s straight! in your face! :D
Ok, I know this is a reality show with real people (non-characters) but Ninja Warrior MUST have at least 1-10 queer women on that show. There are a few Ninja women that super ping my Gaydar and I just wish they would come out already.
And also, yes to the Good Place and Superstore! Seriously, your shows are established, take a Queer leap and give us queer women.
Claire and Jamie are literally my #2 favourite hetero couple of all time, but I’m all for Claire being bisexual, so long as nothing comes between her and Jamie. I’d be VERY into a flashback of her time in Boston in the 1960s when she’d already split from Frank and was feeling lonely and maybe tried a little grass with one of the other faculty wives…
That being said, I do NOT ship her with Geillis. As fascinating as her character is, Geillis Duncan is literally evil. And not fun evil, or I-need-to-be-loved evil, but SPOILERS FOR END OF SEASON/BOOK THREE I-rape-and-murder-teenage-boys evil. There’s no coming back from that.
Outlander has my favourite straight relationship of all times but I really wished that Claire and Geillis had a little something when they’d met. But then I was happy they didn’t pushed them in this direction.
I had really high hopes for Brianna after she went to college (even being in the 60’s) but… then there came Roger…
I agree with Geilis but I’m not sure about bisexual Claire. She’s one of my all-time favorite fictional characters, and has been for 15 years since I first started reading the books. And I never got Big Bi Energy from her like the authors of this article said. I’m wondering now if I don’t know my favorite character well enough or if the issue lies with my bi radar (which could be more true for me). I got more lesbian / bi energy from Geilis, but like you said, she’s just too evil to be shipped with anyone. I know Claire was shown to be flirty especially in 1945, but I did very much always get hetero vibes from her.
I hate that shows need to be courageous in order to have queer characters. You’d think shows like Insecure and The Good Place, at the very least, would have young and progressive enough fan bases that queer characters would not alienate their viewers. These are not children’s cartoons, or long-running television monoliths, or shows aired at middle-aged middle America. It’s shows like these that upset me the most, because they just don’t have the built in excuses like some others do.
Oh my god the Blindspot call out is the best thing I have ever seen. I have no idea why I watch this show religiously when I know how terrible it is. The answer may be that Zapata is gayest non gay person on television and my queer spidey senses are keeping me hooked in hope. I had never even considered the Patterson and Zapata ship as a thing but now it’s all so clear and I’ve seen the truth, I’m so on board.
Zapata immediately made my gay lady cop alarm go off from the second she got on screen. That is TOTALLY my trope. I know what I’m talking about. MAKE HER GAY IN THIS YEAR OF OUR LORD TWENTYGAYTEEN.
I mean I watch because Ashley Johnson and not a ton else but…
I always figured 2 seasons without an explicit romance for Zapata is basically just waiting for a big gay opportunity.
I’m glad I’m not the only one that thought Zapata was gay from the start. Every indication that they gave made me think she was gay – turning down Reade, never mentioning an ex, those power suits.
I don’t know if it was just hope (and my obsession with Ashley Johnson) but I always did think she had, at least a crush, on Patterson. But with Patterson always being in relationships with men she gave up hope.
Then the writers just seemed to go against everything they had set up, do a total 180 and shout ‘No Homo’ at the top of their lungs by deciding that Zapata did really like Reade. It’s the lamest thing to happen in this show and that is really saying something. And I swear if they decide to pair Patterson with Rich as I’ve heard some of the straights are shipping I will not be responsible for my actions!
Having only seen Amy Acker in the Whedonverse I’m leaving this here:
“Somebody named Fred. The guy sounds kind of effeminate.”
Do yourself the favor and watch Person of Interest.
Amy Acker’s “Root” is next level awesome.
1) “The Flash” showrunners say that this season we are getting a queer character.
2) I’m guessing that it’s going to be Nora Allen. She’s even going to have her own Iris Allen/Lois Lane style reporter girl.
3) BUUUUUUUUUUUUUUT, I really want it to be Caitlin and Amunet. They’re frenemy relationship could so easily blossom into something more. On again off again, annoyed, exasperated lovers ala Swanqueen. I. LOVE. THAT.
YES I AGREE AND I’M ALL FIRED UP NOW
Let’s see… not enough children’s television.
Raven/Chelsea (Raven’s Home)
Rose/Juleka (Miraculous Ladybug [or whatever title it has in your country])
Webby/Lena (DuckTales)
But also
Maybe Maya/Andy? (Station 19)
Maze/Linda (Lucifer)
I’m not 100% on Webby and Lena because the ages in that show are really unclear, and besides, the Season 1 finale.
I should also acknowledge that Maya is already acceptably bisexual and therefore the COWARDS sentiment is not there.
Maze also sleeps with both women and men, but I think the COWARDS sentiment applies in that case, even if we consider the remaining gayness in the show.
Rose and Juleka could conceivably be a couple with how they’re depicted (probably as a response to the fact that fans want them together therefore COWARDS), but they’re not officially one.
I only saw a few episodes of That’s So Raven back in the day, but the Raven and Chelsea of the new Raven’s Home series should definitely be together.
MAZE AND LINDA!!! I knew an important ship of mine was missing on the list above. I mean Linda literally left an Angel (one with D.B. Woodside’s voice and physique I might add) just to avoid offending or hurting her demon “best friend” – shortly after which Maze fought her way through twelve evil henchmen and ran four Miles on the SUSPICION that Linda may be in danger. The scene of her bursting into Linda’s office, all beaten up and bloody, and assuring herself that her frien wasn’t hurt just to then faint right on the spot didn’t really scream “platonic love” to me.
I actually had a write-up all ready to go but Lucifer I decided would fall more under “make it gayER” because Maze is indeed an established bisexual character. I agree they just need to pair her with Linda though!!
It could 100% be platonic love (I love Very Intense And Important friendships on TV), but with those two I’m very for a romantic interpretation.
I’m so glad someone else sees how gay Legends is and I’m hoping they just keep upping the gay factor every season. MAKE IT HAPPEN CW YOU COWARDS.
No WLW on FBI??? That’s the real crime that needs investigating.
i love Katie McGrath as much as the next person, and I obviously love one Lena Lesbian Luthor but I think people wildly undersell Melissa Benoist’s contribution to Kara and Lena’s chemistry. I mean, Kara Danvers was pinging people’s gaydars even before Lena was in the picture. And Melissa has such an interesting chemistry with female co-stars… like Marley Rose/Kitty was definitely more interesting than the weird hetero love triangle with those glee two dudes.
I know the TV writers have covered this elsewhere, but GLOW! The tiny dribbles of gay in season two are never enough. Still waiting for my one true ship of Debbie/Liberty Bell and Tammé/Welfare queen to come in…
hmmm, trying the image again…
MAKE IT GAY applies to all of the shows (with the exception of Outlander – I agree with Allison above that Geillis is evil), but I would prefer YOU FOOLS sometimes rather than YOU COWARDS. I think Dina, for example, is just a missed opportunity; they haven’t realised she could be gay.
Well… mine is a retroactive make it gay….that is kinda happening already… Ive been watchin Charmed because i want to be ready for the discourse that will happen with the new show and also because its probably the most ridiculous things that ive never watched it… and listen, those Halliwell spend a lot of time complaning about not being able to have a “regular” life, which they could easily fix by being some form of gay/bi. We’re the best at not having a “regular” life.
Phoebe Halliwell was my first crush, and I grew up to be a lesbian witch. COINCIDENCE? I THINK NOT!
I never thought another ship would emotionally destroy me the way Faberry did but then along came Kara and Lena with their longing looks and heart eyes and lip biting and blushing and believing in each other SO MUCH and I just can’t with them. The writers’ insistence on pairing them with men to prove that they’re not gay (hello bisexuality exists, Kara Danvers is possibly the most bisexual non-bisexual character I have ever seen and also sorry but they absolutely are gay for each other i don’t make the rules) only further highlights their insane chemistry. Kara reacts to Lena the same way she reacted to James in season 1 when he was her love interest. The way they talk to and about each other would absolutely be considered romantic if one of them was a man; ex. Iris’s wedding vows on The Flash literally used the exact same words that Lena said to Kara. Plus the added benefit of both Danvers sisters being queer would be goddamn amazing and revolutionary. I have alot of thoughts and feelings about them so I will stop there but my point is that this article is basically what goes through my head on the reg so thanks for that.
Throwback, but Rizzoli and Isles. When I want to watch a fun super gay relationship, I watch Rizzoli and Isles.
retroactive make it gay
Xena too
Heck yes to The Good Place. I just finished season 2 and was cringing at the complete lack of chemistry between Eleanor and Chidi.
Thank you for calling out Agents of SHIELD! This scene where Daisy quakes Simmons to prove they’re both human is one of the most intimate things I’ve seen on television:
https://youtu.be/TZ6NMdQhe9E
I literally stopped what I was doing and exclaimed “that’s really gay” the first time I saw it.
Yes to all of this but especially The Gifted! It’s the only show I’m watching right now that doesn’t even have the slightest hint of being queer which makes no sense cos they’re mutants damn it! I can’t stop watching though cos I love Amy Acker so much aahh
I have to throw Riverdale into this mix. Yes, there are already a lot of canonically queer characters on that show, which is awesome, but none of them are Veronica Lodge. She’s very clearly bisexual and I feel like in this year of our Lesbian Jesus 20GayTeen, they could throw a line in there to make it canon. Have her mention an ex-girlfriend from NY. Let her acknowledge the massive crush she had on Betty for the first several episodes of season 1. Because straight girls don’t just kiss a girl they barely know in front of the entire cheerleading squad, even if it is ostensibly to get under the skin of the massive closet case that is their captain. That’s just facts.
Amen to that.
Holy smokes yes!
I wasn’t sure if the queer vibes from Katie McGrath were just due to unfinished dreams started by Dracula smooches.
But damn Ashley Johnson’s queer aura makes Patterson one of my tv dream nerds.
Also is it too much to ask for Jameela Jamil to put her perfect face on Veronica Mars? Just for a second?
The Doctor is at the very least Rivers 3rd wife and I would watch the crap out of a River Song spinoff. Need/Want that show.
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CSI (Las Vegas) could have be so gay! Jorja Fox (Sara) played a lesbian on ER back in the 90s so she easily could have done that again on CSI. And for cryin’ out loud Nick Stokes even gave Greg Sanders the ‘I love you’ sign in sign language which clearly just meant his gayness/bisexuality was coming through that conservative Texan exterior. Nick/Gerg 4 life y’all.
I’m patiently waiting for Patterson and/or Zapata to come out on Blindspot.
Also, you say there aren’t any queer characters on Midnight, Texas, but Joe and Chuy are married. There aren’t any queer woman on the show yet, but it does have queer characters.
Does anyone else remember the show Super Fun Night, when Lauren Ash’s character also turned out to be a lesbian? I really loved her character on that show. Besides, both shows start with “super”,so….just let her be a super lesbian already.