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Monica Gave the Gays Everything They Want in the “Salt Lake City” Finale

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Natalie January 4, 2024 1 Comment
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Welcome to the 2023 Autostraddle TV Awards! These awards celebrate the best in LGBTQ+ television and beyond.

The TV Team January 3, 2024 23 Comments
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Movie Lists TV Lists

What’s New and Gay To Stream in January 2024

January is coming in hot and gay with new seasons of Hightown and Sort Of, Jodie Foster’s “True Detective: Night Country,” a quirky locked room murder mystery on a luxury ocean liner, an adult animated series starring the princess of hell and so much more!

Riese January 1, 2024 7 Comments
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TV Show Recaps

Boobs on Your Tube: Raising Kanan Has One of the Best Teen Lesbians on TV, When Will People Pay Attention

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Carmen Phillips December 29, 2023
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TV Show Recaps

Boobs on Your Tube: The Season Two Finale of “Rap Sh!t” Is Jonica Booth’s Best Performance to Date

Also: the season finale of Beacon 23.

Valerie Anne and Natalie
December 22, 2023 1 Comment
TV Show Recaps

Survivor Season 45’s Finale Shows Us That Sometimes Winners Win

The Survivor finale was better than I thought it would be, to be honest!

Anya Richkind December 22, 2023 2 Comments
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Netflix’s “Under Pressure” begins the work of re-establishing the USWNT as more than just pawns in someone else’s narrative. And to that, I can only say: LFG.

Natalie December 21, 2023 3 Comments
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TV Lists

The 25 Best TV Shows of 2023 with Lesbian, Queer and Trans Characters

These are our picks for the best TV shows of 2023 with LGBTQ+ women and/or trans characters.

Riese and The TV Team
December 20, 2023 13 Comments
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TV Reviews

Gay Historical Fiction Series “Fellow Travelers” Flattens American Tragedies and Wrongdoings

Technically, the premise of Fellow Travelers has all the makings of what could have become a beloved piece of queer media.

Stef Rubino December 20, 2023 8 Comments
The Best Queer Animation of 2023 images, left to right and top to bottom: Nimona, The Owl House, Fionna & Cake , and Harley Quinn. They are stylized beneath a clear plastic texture.
TV Lists

9 of the Best Queer Animation Wins of 2023

Across the film and television landscape, whether aimed at kids or adults, 2023 in animation took things to the next level.

Rendy Jones December 18, 2023 3 Comments
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TV Show Recaps

Boobs on Your Tube: In the Spirit of the Season, “Rap Sh!t” Gives Unto Us Some Very Hot Sex

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Carmen Phillips and Natalie
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TV Show Recaps

Queer Contestant Katurah Topps Will Be in the Finale of Survivor Season 45

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Anya Richkind December 15, 2023 4 Comments
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TV Reviews

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Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya December 15, 2023 1 Comment
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TV Feature

The Best Queer TV Scenes of 2023

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The TV Team December 11, 2023 3 Comments
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TV Show Recaps

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Anya Richkind December 9, 2023 11 Comments
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TV Show Recaps

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Carmen Phillips, Natalie and Nic
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TV Feature

Autostraddle’s Favorite Lesbian, Bisexual, and Queer TV Couples of 2023

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The TV Team December 7, 2023 8 Comments
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TV Feature

Autostraddle’s Favorite Lesbian, Bisexual, and Trans TV Characters of 2023

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The TV Team December 5, 2023 7 Comments
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Movie Features TV Feature

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