Welcome to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, Stephanie Beatriz and Jameela Jamil created the Good Place, The Prom made us all cry over our mashed potatoes, and Steven Universe announced new episodes. Since it’s Thanksgiving week here in the U.S., I wanted to start off this week’s post by giving thanks to LezWatch.TV for giving me the opportunity to write this column and to everyone who takes the time to read it every week. I say this often but I truly don’t know where I would be without fandom and I am extremely grateful to be part of this community!
Batwoman
We are officially less than three weeks away from the Elseworlds crossover which means increasing amounts of sneak peeks! This week, we got the first trailer footage of Batwoman:
Black Lightning
Bustle writer Tai Gooden wrote an awesome article about Nafessa Williams and Anissa Pierce. It covers all the reasons why we love Anissa, including the unique challenges she faces as a black, queer woman. I can never read enough positive reviews of Black Lightning and Thunder!
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
I’m new to the Brooklyn Nine-Nine fandom (and not yet a part of The Good Place fandom) but I know a cross-fandom squeal-worthy moment when I see one:
I have only watched 3 episodes of this Brooklyn Nine-Nine but I am already a secret #Dianetti fan and truly loved this Twitter moment:
And, finally, we are getting some teasers about next season. Admittedly, part of the reason I started watching this show was because of Gina Rodriguez‘s appearance as Alicia so I was excited when Michael Ausiello at TVLine brought up the topic:
Regardless of whether Rodriguez’s Alicia returns (and that remains very much up in the air at this moment in time), B99 will not be putting Rosa’s love life on the backburner in Season 6. Teases Beatriz: “I think particularly our LGBTQ audience will be really happy with the developments, and that’s all I can say.”
Michael Ausiello
Legends of Tomorrow
We didn’t get any major news out of the LoT fandom this week (except for the important news that Zarlie will probably be the death of me) but I truly enjoyed these gifs of Jes Macallan and her responses:
And Jes also blessed us with some cute behind-the-scenes content with Caity:
The Prom
Okay, so this is not truly queer TV related but it happened on my TV and I loved it so I want to spread the holiday cheer. This year’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade featured its first ever same-sex kiss during a song from the upcoming broadway musical, The Prom:
Steven Universe
I feel like it is extremely important for all of you to know that I think Steven Universe is one of the best shows ever created… and I’m not even fully caught up yet! However, I am always happy to hear about new episodes of shows I love so I celebrated with SU fans about this Steven Universe: Diamond Days announcement.
Supergirl
Supergirl also aired a new Elseworlds trailer this week. However, I think us queers were all simultaneously too confused about Alex‘s wig and too turned on by her camo pants to really listen to anything being said.
Trans Day of Remembrance
Tuesday, November 20th marked 2018’s Transgender Day of Remembrance. TDOR is a day to honor the memory of the trans identifying people who lost their lives this year due to anti-trans violence. Every year, it’s a stark reminder of the reality of transphobia across the world. Here are some of this week’s posts to honor TDOR:
TDOR is a day to remember those we have lost but also an important chance to remember that the trans community cannot be erased or silenced!
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
